One aspect of this disclosure relates to an electrified vehicle including a heater element at least partially insert-molded with a charging port. In another aspect of this disclosure, the charging port includes a polymer material having a thermal conductivity greater than about 10 watts per meter-Kelvin (W/m-K). A method is also disclosed.

Provided is a collected current monitoring device. A transformer current acquisition unit acquires a current value I.sub.p of a current flowing through a part of a plurality of transformers. A total collected current calculation unit calculates a current value I.sub.all of a collected current supplied by a plurality of current collectors from the current value I.sub.p by using a following Equation (1): I.sub.all=I.sub.p(M.sub.all/M.sub.p). A collected current acquisition unit acquires a current value I.sub.X of a collected current supplied by the current collector(s) other than one current collector. The collected current calculation unit calculates a current value I.sub.Y of a collected current supplied by the one current collector by subtracting the current value I.sub.X from the current value I.sub.all.

Provided is a collected current monitoring device. A transformer current acquisition unit acquires a current value I.sub.p of a current flowing through a part of a plurality of transformers. A total collected current calculation unit calculates a current value I.sub.all of a collected current supplied by a plurality of current collectors from the current value I.sub.p by using a following Equation (1): I.sub.all=I.sub.p(M.sub.all/M.sub.p). A collected current acquisition unit acquires a current value I.sub.X of a collected current supplied by the current collector(s) other than one current collector. The collected current calculation unit calculates a current value I.sub.Y of a collected current supplied by the one current collector by subtracting the current value I.sub.X from the current value I.sub.all.

In an apparatus and method of automatically providing or withholding fluid from a power rail for a mass transit vehicle, during movement of a mass transit vehicle on a pathway in an uncovered (or exposed) area of the pathway, fluid, for example, anti-icing fluid, is caused to be provided to (or dispensed on) the power rail supplying power to the mass transit vehicle. During movement of the mass transit vehicle in a covered area of the pathway, the fluid is withheld from (or not dispensed on) the power rail. The changing from fluid being dispensed on the power rail to the fluid being withheld from the power rail, or vice versa, can be based on movement of the mass transit vehicle from the uncovered area of the pathway to the covered area of the pathway, or vice versa.

In an apparatus and method of automatically providing or withholding fluid from a power rail for a mass transit vehicle, during movement of a mass transit vehicle on a pathway in an uncovered (or exposed) area of the pathway, fluid, for example, anti-icing fluid, is caused to be provided to (or dispensed on) the power rail supplying power to the mass transit vehicle. During movement of the mass transit vehicle in a covered area of the pathway, the fluid is withheld from (or not dispensed on) the power rail. The changing from fluid being dispensed on the power rail to the fluid being withheld from the power rail, or vice versa, can be based on movement of the mass transit vehicle from the uncovered area of the pathway to the covered area of the pathway, or vice versa.

In an apparatus and method of automatically providing or withholding fluid from a power rail for a mass transit vehicle, during movement of a mass transit vehicle on a pathway in an uncovered (or exposed) area of the pathway, fluid, for example, anti-icing fluid, is caused to be provided to (or dispensed on) the power rail supplying power to the mass transit vehicle. During movement of the mass transit vehicle in a covered area of the pathway, the fluid is withheld from (or not dispensed on) the power rail. The changing from fluid being dispensed on the power rail to the fluid being withheld from the power rail, or vice versa, can be based on movement of the mass transit vehicle from the uncovered area of the pathway to the covered area of the pathway, or vice versa.

In an apparatus and method of automatically providing or withholding fluid from a power rail for a mass transit vehicle, during movement of a mass transit vehicle on a pathway in an uncovered (or exposed) area of the pathway, fluid, for example, anti-icing fluid, is caused to be provided to (or dispensed on) the power rail supplying power to the mass transit vehicle. During movement of the mass transit vehicle in a covered area of the pathway, the fluid is withheld from (or not dispensed on) the power rail. The changing from fluid being dispensed on the power rail to the fluid being withheld from the power rail, or vice versa, can be based on movement of the mass transit vehicle from the uncovered area of the pathway to the covered area of the pathway, or vice versa.

A device applies flowable antifreeze to a contact wire of an overhead line, from which an electrically driven vehicle draws off electrical energy via a current collector. The device includes: a holder extending from the vehicle in a direction of the contact wire; a transfer roller, oriented horizontally and transversely with respect to a vehicle longitudinal axis, axially-rotatably coupled to the holder, and capable of contact with the contact wire; and an open container for the antifreeze below the transfer roller and partially enclosing a circumferential surface of the transfer roller so that the transfer roller wettable with the antifreeze supplied via the container via a rotational movement. The device controls the rotational movement configured to limit a circumferential speed of the transfer roller so that the transfer roller rotates more slowly than in a case of sliding-free rolling along the contact wire.

A device applies flowable antifreeze to a contact wire of an overhead line, from which an electrically driven vehicle draws off electrical energy via a current collector. The device includes: a holder extending from the vehicle in a direction of the contact wire; a transfer roller, oriented horizontally and transversely with respect to a vehicle longitudinal axis, axially-rotatably coupled to the holder, and capable of contact with the contact wire; and an open container for the antifreeze below the transfer roller and partially enclosing a circumferential surface of the transfer roller so that the transfer roller wettable with the antifreeze supplied via the container via a rotational movement. The device controls the rotational movement configured to limit a circumferential speed of the transfer roller so that the transfer roller rotates more slowly than in a case of sliding-free rolling along the contact wire.