This disclosure provides systems and methods for charging a vehicle. A vehicle and charging station can be designed such that an electric or hybrid vehicle can operate in a fashion similar to a conventional vehicle by being opportunity charged throughout a known route.

Disclosed is a method of and control system for operating a circuit arrangement, in particular a circuit arrangement of an electric vehicle for inductive power transfer to the vehicle. The circuit arrangement includes at least one phase line with at least one field receiving arrangement and at least one compensating arrangement with a variable reactance, wherein at least one current-dependent cost function is evaluated, wherein the reactance is varied such that the cost function is optimized.

A coil device includes a coil unit for stowing a coil part, and a heat dissipation unit thermally connected to the coil unit. The heat dissipation unit has a heat dissipation body, a heat dissipation fin movable relative to the heat dissipation body, and a fin drive mechanism for driving the heat dissipation fin. The heat dissipation unit has a heat dissipation configuration in which the heat dissipation fin projects from the heat dissipation body in a direction intersecting a winding axis, and a stowed configuration in which the heat dissipation fin is stowed in the heat dissipation body.

The invention relates to a device for extraction of a swimming pool cleaning robot. The device comprises: a support frame; a plate which can be deployed beyond the support frame and below the latter; means for controlling the deployment of the said plate.

The invention relates to a device for extraction of a swimming pool cleaning robot. The device comprises: a support frame; a plate which can be deployed beyond the support frame and below the latter; means for controlling the deployment of the said plate.

A wireless power-supplying system according to the present disclosure includes a power-transmitting device and a power-receiving device. The power-transmitting device includes a power-transmitting coil to which AC power of a certain frequency is input from a power supply and a controller which controls a frequency. The power-receiving device includes a power-receiving coil magnetically coupled with the power-transmitting coil with a certain coupling coefficient and a power-receiving side series element connected to the power-receiving coil in series and having imaginary impedance jZ.sub.S2i. The imaginary impedance is defined so that impedance when a power-receiving side is seen from the power supply is independent of the coupling coefficient when the frequency and the coupling coefficient are predetermined values. The controller changes the frequency according to at least one of power-transmitting status information of the power-transmitting device and power-receiving status information of the power-receiving device when the coupling coefficient changes.

This invention relates to a vehicle power coupling apparatus for a vehicle. The apparatus has a pickup coil arrangement for receiving an alternating magnetic field applied to the vehicle for generating power to operate the vehicle. The apparatus further has a shield for shielding a region including the pickup coil arrangement from an interior of the vehicle where a user of the vehicle may be present when the vehicle is in operation, and the shield includes at least one hole therein for providing access to one or more components of the vehicle for working on the one or more components. Additional aspects of the invention relate to receiving an alternating magnetic field and converting the alternating magnetic field into electrical power for recharging a vehicle and/or for providing motive power to the vehicle.

A power line system is provided for efficiently using excess electrical energy produced by electric vehicles in a generation mode. A power line detector on the vehicle senses the power line to determine if voltage ripples are present before supplying excess electrical energy from the vehicle to the power line. First voltage ripples are generated on the line by a substation providing power to the power line. Second voltage ripples are also generated on the power line by a ripple generator to allow excess energy from the vehicle to be supplied to the power line in order to charge an energy storage system.

A system having electric consumers includes an electrical device including an operating device and wires supplying the consumer. A first wire is provided for conducting the first phase of a three-phase voltage during a normal operation, a second wire conducts a second phase of the three-phase voltage, and a third wire conducts a third phase of the three-phase voltage. The consumer is able to be supplied with the three-phase voltage from the wires during a normal operation. The operating device is configured so that: in a normal operation, the first wire is connected to the first phase of the three-phase voltage; and in a safety case, the first wire is separated from the first phase of the three-phase voltage and will be or is connected to the second phase of the three-phase voltage.

A vehicle power supply system is configured to supply power to a vehicle from a power supply apparatus laid on a power supply lane of a vehicle travel path, the power supply apparatus includes a plurality of power supply segments laid in a preset interval along the power supply lane, and a controller configured to control the plurality of power supply segments. The controller is configured to estimate timing of the vehicle reaching a next power supply segment that supplies power next after a present power supply segment that is supplying power, from at least a vehicle velocity derived from a change in position of the vehicle, and cause the next power supply segment to start power supply at the timing estimated.