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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2014
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kosaku Murase, Tokyo, JP;
Yukihide Yanobu, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Motoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A traffic system includes: a vehicle having a power-receiving section on an outer surface thereof; and a ground facility having a power-supply section for supplying the power-receiving section with power by coming in contact with the power-receiving section. The power-supply section has a spring for applying a biasing force to a power-supply shoe in the power-supply section toward the power-receiving section. The power-receiving section has a flat surface that extends along the outer surface of the vehicle, and tapered surfaces that are connected to the flat surface in the forward and backward moving directions of the vehicle and guide the power-supply shoe to the flat surface against the biasing force to bring the power-supply shoe into contact with the flat surface when the vehicle moves backward and forward.