Pavement slab assembly and method of building a pavement slab assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9745703-B2
Application number	US-201314425442-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2013
Priority date	Sep 4, 2012
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

A pavement slab assembly for a route for vehicles driving or standing on a surface of the route. The pavement slab assembly consists at least partially of pavement material and has a cable bearing element. Electric line or lines extend(s) along or under the surface of the pavement slab assembly. The cable bearing element is embedded in the pavement material of the pavement slab assembly and is arranged within the pavement slab assembly such that the cable bearing element is enclosed by the pavement material. The invention also relates to a method of building a pavement slab assembly, a route for vehicles, and a method for building a route for vehicles.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pavement slab assembly for a route for vehicles driving or standing on a surface of the route, wherein:
the pavement slab assembly comprises pavement material,
the pavement slab assembly comprises a cable bearing element adapted to position or to hold a plurality of line sections of one or more electric lines,
the electric line or lines extends or extend along or under the surface of the pavement slab assembly,
wherein the cable bearing element is embedded in the pavement material of the pavement slab assembly,
the cable bearing element is arranged within the pavement slab assembly such that the cable bearing element is enclosed by the pavement material
wherein
the pavement slab assembly comprises one or more armouring elements, wherein the armouring element or elements is or are non-metallic armouring elements.

2. The pavement slab assembly of claim 1 , wherein at least one end section of the cable bearing element has a tapered or frustumed shape.

3. The pavement slab assembly of claim 1 , wherein the cable bearing element is a one-piece element or comprises at least two subelements.

4. The pavement slab assembly of claim 1 , wherein the pavement slab assembly further comprises a non-metallic positioning element, wherein the cable bearing element and a positioning element are arranged such that the cable bearing element is positioned at a predetermined position within the pavement slab assembly.

5. The pavement slab assembly of claim 1 , wherein the cable bearing element consists of a polymer.

6. The pavement slab assembly of claim 4 , wherein the positioning element is designed as an armouring element.

7. The pavement slab assembly of claim 1 , wherein the pavement slab assembly comprises at least one shielding element or one magnetic core element.

8. The pavement slab assembly of claim 7 , wherein the pavement slab assembly comprises at least one shielding element and one magnetic core element, wherein the shielding element and the magnetic core element form a one-piece magnetic shielding element.

9. The pavement slab assembly of claim 8 , wherein the magnetic shielding element is covered by a protective material.

10. The pavement slab assembly of claim 8 , wherein the shielding element or the magnetic core element, which are part of a first magnetic shielding element, is or are C-shaped or I-shaped.

11. The pavement slab assembly of claim 8 , wherein the shielding element or the magnetic core element, which are part of another magnetic shielding element, are designed such that the magnetic shielding element is formed as layer.

12. The pavement slab assembly of claim 8 , wherein the magnetic shielding element comprises at least one non-metallic anchorage element.

13. The pavement slab assembly of claim 1 , wherein the pavement slab assembly further comprises a detection assembly for detecting a vehicle to be charged.

14. The pavement slab assembly of claim 1 , wherein the pavement slab assembly comprises at least one feeder line for providing electric energy to at least one electric line, wherein the feeder line is at least partially shielded by a shielding conduit.

15. The pavement slab assembly of claim 1 , wherein the pavement slab assembly comprises a lifting element for lifting the assembly.

16. The pavement slab assembly of claim 15 , wherein the lifting element is designed as a non-metallic carrier element which protrudes from a surface of the pavement slab assembly.

17. The pavement slab assembly of claim 1 , wherein the cable bearing element or at least one subelement of the cable bearing element has at least one void.

18. A route for vehicles driving or standing on a surface of the route, wherein the route comprises a plurality of pavement slab assemblies according to claim 1 , wherein the pavement slab assemblies are arranged with respect to one another such that a driving surface is provided.

19. A method for building a route for vehicles driving or standing on a surface of the route, wherein the following steps are performed:
providing a plurality of pavement slab assemblies according to claim 1 ,
installing the pavement slab assemblies on a prepared base or foundation such that a driving surface or standing surface for vehicles which are driving or standing on the route is provided.

20. The pavement slab assembly of claim 1 , wherein the pavement slab assembly is formed by a casting mould.

Assignees

• Bombardier Transp Gmbh

Inventors

• Curran Éanna
• Pérez Sergio
• Vietzke Oliver

Classifications

• Y02T90/14

  Plug-in electric vehicles · CPC title

• Y02T10/7072

  Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors · CPC title

• Y02T10/70

  Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries · CPC title

• E01C11/16

  Reinforcements ({as anchoring elements between layers E01C7/145, E01C7/185, E01C7/325} ; for building in general E04C) · CPC title

• B60L2200/26

  Rail vehicles · CPC title