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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2015
Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Hans Forsberg, Sävedalen, SE;
VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
A method and an arrangement are provided for inductive positioning of a current collector on a vehicle relative to a stationary current conductor. The method involves transmitting a signal having predetermined phase characteristics using a signal transmitter arranged along the longitudinal direction of the current conductor; detecting the transmitted signal using a signal receiver on the vehicle, which signal receiver comprises at least one vertical antenna; detecting the phase characteristics of the signal induced in the at least one vertical antenna, indicating the relative location of the vertical antenna and the signal transmitter in the transverse direction of the vehicle; and controlling a positioning arrangement in dependence of the received signals.
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