Engineering Scalable Charging Infrastructure for Autonomous Fleets: The Case for Overhead Wireless Power Delivery
Overhead hands-free automatic charging represents a structural rethinking of wireless power delivery for mobility platforms. By elevating the transmitting architecture and integrating a hood-mounted receiving interface, QKOIL™ is engineering charging systems designed specifically for the operational realities of autonomous fleet deployment.
QKOIL™ Files New Patent Application for Decentralized Overhead Charging Architecture for Autonomous and Fleet Vehicles
At the core of this new invention is a pole-supported overhead charging assembly that can automatically detect an approaching vehicle registered with the system, dynamically align a power transmitter to a power receiver installed on/in the vehicle’s surface, and initiate charging, all without requiring precise vehicle navigation to align charging elements underneath an autonomous vehicle. The system can either be wireless based using aligned transmitting and receiving coils to achieve inductive wireless charging of an autonomous vehicle (AV) or wired using robotics to automatically plug into the AV for fast charging.
Overhead Inductive Power Transfer for Autonomous Mobility, Industrial Robotics, and Consumer EVs
QKOIL’s overhead inductive charging architecture provides an alternative system topology with structural, operational, and cost advantages for autonomous vehicles (AVs), industrial autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and consumer EV applications.