US 12,441,205 B2
Precast block for housing and routing electrical power cables, an electric vehicle charging station using the block and a manufacturing method
Trevor Palmer, Peterbourgh (GB)
Assigned to EV Blocks LTD, Peterborough (GB)
Appl. No. 17/616,902
Filed by EV Blocks LTD, Peterborough (GB)
PCT Filed Jun. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/051385
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 6, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/245613, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1908059 (GB), filed on Jun. 6, 2019; and application No. 2000372 (GB), filed on Jan. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234460 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H02G 3/22 (2006.01); B60L 53/31 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 53/31 (2019.02) [H02G 3/22 (2013.01)] 58 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A preformed block for housing and routing electrical power cables, comprising:
a central cavity (1);
a first face (2) having a first opening (20) connected to the central cavity by a first conduit (21), and having a first part of an integrated fastening arrangement (22) to enable an adaptor plate to be fastened over the first opening;
a second face (3) opposite the first face, having a second opening (30) connected to the central cavity by a second conduit (31); and
a side face (4,5,6,7) extending between the first and second faces,
wherein the side face has a side opening (40,50,60,70) connected to the central cavity by a side conduit (41,51,61,71) adapted to receive an electrical power cable or a cable duct to be housed within the preformed block between the first opening and the side opening, and
wherein the side opening and the second opening extend to an edge of the preformed block disposed between the side face and the second face, such that the side conduit and the second conduit, together with the central cavity, form a continuous cavity, and wherein the first opening and the first conduit each have a minimum dimension of 10 cm.