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

US10946757B2 · 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: Feb 25, 2020
• Grant date: Mar 16, 2021
• Expiry date: Feb 25, 2040

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 contact device has a contact element support (16) comprising contact elements, wherein the contact elements can make contact with the charging contact elements of the charging contact unit so as to form contact pairs, wherein the contact elements are arranged on the contact element support…