US 12,122,255 B2
Contact apparatus and charging contact unit and method for electrically connecting a vehicle to a charging station
Wilfried Weigel, Dautphetal (DE); Lothar Schneider, Lahnau (DE); Matthias Domes, Bad Nauheim (DE); Viktor Thielmann, Pohlheim (DE); Timo Staubach, Herbstein (DE); and Sven Klausner, Dresden (DE)
Assigned to SCHUNK TRANSIT SYSTEMS GMBH, Wettenberg (DE)
Filed by SCHUNK TRANSIT SYSTEMS GMBH, Wettenberg (DE)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/138,289.
Application 17/138,289 is a continuation of application No. 14/908,674, granted, now 10,906,416, previously published as PCT/EP2014/066983, filed on Aug. 7, 2014.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2013 013 201.0 (DE), filed on Aug. 9, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0114474 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/10 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/36 (2019.01); H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/30 (2019.02) [B60L 53/11 (2019.02); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/36 (2019.02); H01R 13/629 (2013.01); H01R 13/6315 (2013.01); B60L 2200/18 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 90/12 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A rapid-charging system for electrically driven vehicles, comprising a contact apparatus and a charging contact unit, wherein the contact apparatus serves to form an electrically conductive connection between a vehicle and a stationary charging station having said charging contact unit, wherein said contact apparatus can be arranged on a roof a vehicle, wherein said contact apparatus comprising:
a contact device contactable with the charging contact unit,
a positioning device positioning the contact device relative to the charging contact unit, wherein the positioning device has a pantograph or a swing arm positioning the contact device in the vertical direction relative to the charging contact unit, and
a contact element support having contact elements, wherein the contact elements contact charging contact elements of the charging contact unit so as to form contact pairs, the positioning device having a transverse guide positioning the contact element support transversely relative to the charging contact unit, wherein the transverse guide is arranged at a distal end of the pantograph or of the swing arm, wherein an additional linkage is provided, which stabilizes the contact device relative to the charging contact unit and aligns it in the vertical direction.