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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2020
Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Hans Forsberg, Sävedalen, SE;
VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for inductive positioning of a current collector () on a vehicle relative to a stationary current conductor (). The invention 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 the positioning means () in dependence of the received signals.
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