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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
May. 23, 2012
Andrej Dronnik, Berlin, DE;
Goeran Keil, Schoenefeld, DE;
Georg Kinnemann, Bestensee, DE;
Stephan Rister, Nuremberg, DE;
Thomas Sachse, Bruckmuehl, DE;
Thomas Zinken, Mechernich, DE;
Andrej Dronnik, Berlin, DE;
Goeran Keil, Schoenefeld, DE;
Georg Kinnemann, Bestensee, DE;
Stephan Rister, Nuremberg, DE;
Thomas Sachse, Bruckmuehl, DE;
Thomas Zinken, Mechernich, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A non-rail-bound vehicle, truck or bus, includes a current collector feeding electrical energy from an overhead line installation having a contact wire. The collector has a contact strip with a working region contacting the contact wire. An actuating device coupled to the collector adjusts the contact strip. The contact strip is horizontal and adjustable transversely to a vehicle longitudinal axis. A sensor senses the position of the vehicle relative to the contact wire. A control device connected to the sensor and the actuating device actuates the actuating device based on the sensed vehicle position, so that the contact strip maintains contact with the contact wire within its working range. The vehicle thus reliably maintains contact with the contact wire through the collector during operation on multilane roadways with an at least partially electrified lane, even at relatively high speeds of, for example, 80 to 100 km/h.