US 12,071,029 B2
Current collector arrangement for a vehicle
Marco Ernst, Graz (AT); Gerald Fürlinger, Graz (AT); Harald Steinbach, Graz (AT); and Erhard Rossmann, Pischelsdorf (AT)
Assigned to SIEMENS MOBILITY AUSTRIA GMBH, Vienna (AT)
Appl. No. 16/969,252
Filed by Siemens Mobility Austria GmbH, Vienna (AT)
PCT Filed Feb. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/053390
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 12, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/158507, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 22, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. A 50133/2018 (AT), filed on Feb. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0001727 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. B60L 5/38 (2006.01); B60L 5/08 (2006.01); B60L 5/30 (2006.01); B60L 5/36 (2006.01); B60L 5/39 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 5/38 (2013.01) [B60L 5/08 (2013.01); B60L 5/30 (2013.01); B60L 5/36 (2013.01); B60L 5/39 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A current collector arrangement for a vehicle, which has an upward and downward deflectable current collector with a contact shoe for collecting current from a conductor rail, the current collector being connected to the vehicle in a sprung manner, the arrangement comprising:
a carrier arranged between the current collector and the vehicle, said carrier being connected to the vehicle via a first vertically extending spring and a second vertically extending spring as well as a joint;
wherein the first spring and the second spring each have at least one reserve spring-length region for extraordinary deflections of the current collector;
wherein absolute values of extraordinary deflections exceed absolute values of ordinary deflections of the current collector.