US 11,981,221 B2
Contact device, vehicle, and charging station
Peter Schneider, Fronhausen (DE); Matthias Domes, Bad Nauheim (DE); and Timo Staubach, Herbstein (DE)
Assigned to SCHUNK TRANSIT SYSTEMS GMBH, Wettenberg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/438,989
Filed by SCHUNK TRANSIT SYSTEMS GMBH, Wettenberg (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/056976
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/187414, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0153151 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/16 (2019.01); H01R 9/24 (2006.01); H01R 41/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/16 (2019.02) [H01R 9/2408 (2013.01); H01R 41/00 (2013.01); H01R 9/2491 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A contact device (39) for being arranged on an electrically driven vehicle, or on a charging station for an electrically driven vehicle having at least two contact bar arrangements (10, 32, 40), each comprising one contact bar carrier (11) and at least one contact bar (12) which is disposed on the contact bar carrier and which is electrically connectable to a charging contact of a charging contact carrier of a charging contact device of the charging station or to a contact bar of the vehicle, the contact bar having a connecting device (13, 35) for connecting the contact bar to an electrical conductor (14, 41), which is guidable towards the vehicle or towards the charging station, wherein the connecting device comprises a groove (15, 37), which extends longitudinally in the contact bar, and a connecting element (16, 38), which is attached to the groove, for being connected to the electrical conductor, wherein the connecting element (16, 38) is realized so as to be moveable along the groove (15, 37).