Non-rail-bound vehicle

US9713958B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Florian Buehs · Berlin, DE
• Juergen Francke · Berlin, DE
• Frank Gerstenberg · Berlin, DE
• Goeran Keil · Berlin, DE
• Holger Schererz · Rehfelde, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 29, 2013
• Grant date: Jul 25, 2017
• Expiry date: Jan 12, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60L2200/36
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A non-rail-bound vehicle, in particular a truck, includes a current collector for supplying electric energy from a two-pole overhead conductor. A rocker can be vertically lifted or lowered by a rocking movement of a support extension arm about horizontal tilting axes of lower hinge assemblies and can be laterally displaced by a tilting movement of a support extension arm about vertical pivot axes of the lower hinge assemblies. The lower hinge assemblies are supported on a lifting device which is connected to a vehicle frame of the vehicle and through which the current collector can be vertically moved between a lower parked position and an upper operating position. In this manner, overhead conductors with an extended height range can be contacted without the current collector influencing the entire length of the vehicle.