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

US12122255B2 · 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: Dec 30, 2020
• Grant date: Oct 22, 2024
• Expiry date: Feb 26, 2043

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 and to a charging contact unit 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, 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, 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, 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, wherein the contact elements can make contact with t…