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Non-track-bound vehicle

US9381818B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Frank Gerstenberg · Berlin, DE
Goeran Keil · Berlin, DE
Michael Lehmann · Mount Vernon, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 5, 2013
Grant date	Jul 5, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 6, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/72
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A non-track-bound vehicle operates on a route electrified by an overhead contact system. The vehicle has a current collector for energy transfer between the vehicle and an overhead cable. It has a lowering mechanism for the transfer of the current collector from an upright operational position in which the current collector is in sliding contact with the contact wires into a lowered neutral position in which the current collector is arranged within a vehicle clearance profile. An actuating element is provided for the simultaneous activation of the lowering mechanism and an additional vehicle device. The activation of the actuating element is intended in a driving situation requiring the lowering of the current collector. The operation of non-track-bound vehicles is safer even in critical driving situations, such as for example, maneuvers to avoid or overtake other vehicles at high speed.

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