Contact apparatus and charging contact unit and method for electrically connecting a vehicle to a charging station

US10906416B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SCHUNK TRANSIT SYSTEMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Wilfried Weigel · Werne, DE
• Lothar Schneider · Biebertal, DE
• Matthias Domes · Bad Nauheim, DE
• Viktor Thielmann · Watzenborn-Steinberg, DE
• Timo Staubach · Herbstein, DE
• Sven Klausner · Dresden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 7, 2014
• Grant date: Feb 2, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T90/14
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a contact apparatus (11) and to a charging contact unit (12) for a rapid-charging system for electrically driven vehicles, in particular electric buses or the like, and to a method for forming an electrically conductive connection between a vehicle and a stationary charging station, wherein the contact apparatus serves to form an electrically conductive connection between the vehicle and the stationary charging station comprising a charging contact unit, wherein the contact apparatus can be arranged on a vehicle, wherein the contact apparatus comprises a contact device (14), wherein the contact device can make contact with the charging contact unit, wherein the contact apparatus or the charging contact unit comprises a positioning device (15), wherein the contact device can be positioned relative to the charging contact unit by means of the positioning device, wherein the positioning device has a pantograph or a swing arm (19), by means of which the contact device can be positioned in the vertical direction relative to the charging contact unit, wherein the contact device has a contact element support comprising contact elements (17), wherein the contact el…