Hirschmann Automotive Gmbh

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Marco Weiss

Bernhard Hoess

Alexander Ewald

Andreas Metzler

Werner Jaeger

Manfred Holzmann

Simon Duenser

Thomas Kleiner

Alexander Schmid

Simon DÜNSER

Lukas Breuss

An apparatus for conductive charging has a vehicle part fixed on a vehicle and a fixed robot part movable relative to the vehicle part the parts being fittable together for charging. Respective sets of vehicle and robot contacts are provided in housing the robot and vehicle parts. The robot contacts in the robot part are recessed in the housing of the robot part and the vehicle contacts are nonmovably mounted in the housing of the vehicle part. A robot base carries the robot contacts of the robot part. A contact tab extends from the robot base. A vehicle base carries the contacts of the vehicle part and is formed by a plurality of base sections surrounding a cylindrical sleeve. A contact spring extends from between two of the base sections of the vehicle base.

Conductive charger with contacts

A vehicle-charging apparatus has a vehicle part fixed on a vehicle having a housing holding a respective set of fixed concentric circular contacts, a movable robot part having a housing holding a respective set of recessed concentric circular contacts complementary to the vehicle contacts, and an engagement guard movable relative to the housing and vehicle contacts and between a lower position in which the vehicle contacts are protected or and an upper position in which the contacts of the vehicle part are uncovered. A spring urges the engagement guard into the lowered position and the robot part is raised when aligned underneath the vehicle part for pressing the contacts of the robot part up against the engagement guard to uncover the vehicle contacts and engage the contacts of the robot part upwardly with the contacts of the vehicle part.

Method and apparatus for conductive charging

The invention relates to a plug connection () which consists of a plug connector () and a mating plug connector () that can be plugged together in order to form the plug connection (), comprising a retraction aid which is arranged on a part of the plug connector () and which interacts with another part on the mating plug connector (). The plug connector () and the mating plug connector () have a retraction aid, said retraction aid being actuated axially in the plug-in direction automatically when the plug connector and the mating plug connector are plugged together.

Electrical plug connector with closing aid

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Rankweil, Austria

Marco Weiss