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Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2019
Applicant:

Central Japan Railway Company, Nagoya, JP;

Inventors:

Yuichi Ahiko, Nagoya, JP;

Kotaro Nakamura, Nagoya, JP;

Hiroki Shimoyama, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 5/00 (2006.01); B61C 3/02 (2006.01); G01R 19/25 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 5/00 (2013.01); B61C 3/02 (2013.01); G01R 19/2513 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a collected current monitoring device enabling an analysis of collected current in each current collector while allowing a reduced equipment cost. The collected current monitoring device of the present disclosure is installed in a railroad vehicle including current collectors, main transformers, and main converters. The collected current monitoring device includes: a supply current sensor configured to measure a current supplied to a freely-selected one of the main transformers, at least one current-sensor-between-current-collectors disposed in each communication path connecting two adjacent ones of the current collectors and configured to measure a current flowing in the communication path, and a processor configured to calculate a current flowing in each of the current collectors based on the current measured by the supply current sensor and the current measured by the at least one current-sensor-between-current-collectors, and on a distribution ratio of the currents supplied to the main transformers.


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