Saturday, December 29, 2012

Method of Roadway Construction for Embedding EV Highway Charging Capability

Method of Roadway Construction for Embedding EV Highway Charging Capability     Dec. 29, 2012

Application of roadway composite (example, asphalt or concrete aggregate) with a strip of conductive impurity that is applied side to side as the composite is poured providing a back and forth ribbon like pattern on the final surface.  This conductive ribbon can be continuous on the road surface, or broken at intervals of example 1 mile.  A constant current induced in the ribbon will induce an electromagnetic field so that a vehicle travelling above the roadway can inductively leach charge while travelling.



Roadsurface with impure conductive ribbon inlaid. 

Methods include but not limited to:
* bulk asphalt laying with channeling by steam roller followed by impurity pouring or installation
* integrated roadway installer with integrated impurity deposition
* pre-manufactured impurity film applied prior to final surface pouring

Mark Wright.