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Electrical connecting apparatus for supplying power to coupled cars of a rail vehicle

US11827252B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Jens Horstmann · Goldkronach, DE
Albert Ferderer · Espelkamp, DE
Frank Quast · Bielefeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 6, 2017
Grant date	Nov 28, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 22, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R2201/26
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is an electrical connecting apparatus for supplying power to cars which are coupled to one another, including a first plug-in connector to which at least one cable is connected, and a corresponding second plug-in connector which is intended to be fastened to a car wall, in particular in a vertical lateral wall. The first plug-in connector and the second plug-in connector are each provided with one or more corresponding first contact elements or second contact elements which can be plug-connected in an insertion direction (A), and the cable of the first plug-in connector exits from the first plug-in connector in a first cable outlet direction (B) which is angled away in relation to the insertion direction (A). Also disclosed is a rail vehicle having at least two coupled cars, wherein each of the two coupled cars is provided with at least one electrical connecting apparatus as above described.

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