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.

Automotive Braking Energy Recovery Mechanism

Apparatus and method to recover breaking energy from a vehicle incorporating a flywheel on either the differential mechanism or a wheel or both with a method to reintroduce the recovered energy back into driving the vehicle.  The recovery of the energy can be accomplished without conversion to an intermediate medium like electricity.

By having an inefficient clutch mechanism on a flywheel, continuous motion will impart some energy into rotating this flywheel.  A connection made to the braking system would cause a complete disengaging of the clutch from the flywheel upon the application of the brake.  The use of a counter hydraulic or similar system with a purge valve would cause the engaging of the flywheel to the motion system on the release of the brake for a preset period of time.  This would cause the stored energy in the flywheel to assist in re-accelerating the vehicle.  On full purge which would be programmed to be within a few seconds, the clutch would revert back to the inefficient (partial application) mode.

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Solar Charger Car Cover

A car cover integrated with solar cells on the top, ideally flexible cells, such as from powerfilmsolar.com.  Such car cover will have an integrated power inverter that would allow connection to the regular mains input (110VAC or 220VAC, as applicable) of an electric car.  This wouldn't charge a car in a very short time, but is meant as a supplimental charge while the car is out and parked at the store or at work.
A premium version could integrate a Microchip MRF89XA (sub-GHz) or MRF24WB (802.11) radio that would allow wireless connection such that an alarm can be built in that monitors the connection to the car battery.  Should an unauthorized disconnect occur, an integrated alarm could go off, or the panic alarm of a built-in car alarm could be triggered.  In the case of use of the MRF24WB0 radio, control can be provided via an iphone or itouch application.