Patent ID: 8508186
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: B60L,B60M,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A charging system for a transportation system without a contact wire, the charging system comprising: a charging device including (i) a first power line for supplying power to a first vehicle having a first power storage device and (ii) a second power line for supplying power to a second vehicle having a second power storage device; a switching means including (i) a first switching means for controlling flow of the power supplied to the first vehicle along the first power line, the first switching means being included in the first power line and (ii) a second switching means for controlling flow of the power supplied to the second vehicle along the second power line, the second switching means being included in the second power line, wherein the transportation system includes (i) an up line track on which the first vehicle travels in a first direction, (ii) a down line track on which the second vehicle travels in a second direction opposite the first direction, and (iii) a station having a station controller which detects stopping of the first vehicle on the up line track or the second vehicle on the down line track at the station, and wherein the station controller controls the switching means to cause the charging device to charge any of the first vehicle on the up line track and the second vehicle on the down line track.