Patent · US Expired

Current collector trolley for current collector lines

US6241065A · kind A · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

Mannesmann AG · DE

Inventors

Thomas Kohlenberg · Soest, DE
Klaus-Dieter Oemus · Hemer, DE
Michael Rohr · Dortmund, DE
Uwe Schulte · Wetter, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 3, 1999
Grant date	Jun 5, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 3, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R41/00
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A current collector trolley for traveling inside a current contact line of a type having a bottom formed longitudinally with a slot and accommodating therein current conductor rails in longitudinal direction, includes a base body extending through the slot to the outside and having sliding contacts forced into contact with the conductor rails during operative mode and electrically connected outside the current contact line to a multicore collector cable. The base body is made of plastic material and has embedded therein at least one flat electric conductor extending across the base body from top to bottom and having upper and lower ends. The upper end of the conductor is positioned in proximity of one of the sliding contacts and electrically connectable thereto, and the lower end of the conductor extends downwards to project out of the base body for electric connection with a core of the collector cable.

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