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US 12,162,365 B2Granted
Current collector, conductor line and conductor line system
AssigneeConductix-Wampfler GmbH
InventorsNiklas Endler, Bernd Maier, Nicholas Winter
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Abstract
A current collector has a sliding contact for making electrical contact with a conductor profile of a conductor line, and an antenna for insertion into a longitudinal slot, which runs in a longitudinal direction of the conductor line. The sliding contact and the antenna can be moved jointly towards the conductor profile in a feed direction by a feed device of the current collector. The antenna is movably mounted on the current collector. Also provided are a conductor line and a conductor line system.
Claims18
A current collector comprising:
- at least one sliding contact for making electrical contact with a conductor profile of a conductor line;
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- at least one antenna for engaging in a longitudinal slot of the conductor profile, the longitudinal slot running in a longitudinal direction of the conductor line,
- wherein the at least one sliding contact and the at least one antenna are able to be jointly moved towards the conductor profile in a feed direction by a feed device of the current collector,
- the at least one antenna is movably mounted on the current collector in the feed direction relative to the at least one sliding contact,
- the at least one antenna is disposed in an antenna holder that is able to move in the feed direction relative to the at least one sliding contact, at least one spacer slide for sliding or rolling along the conductor profile being disposed on the antenna holder, and
- at least one compensating element is disposed between the at least one sliding contact and the at least one antenna, the at least one compensating element pressing the at least one antenna in the feed direction towards the conductor line and at the same time allowing movement of the at least one antenna and the at least one spacer slide relative to the at least one sliding contact against the feed direction.
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A conductor line system comprising:
- a conductor line with a conductor profile that extends in a longitudinal direction with an elongated cavity and an adjoining longitudinal slot that extends in the longitudinal direction;
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- a current collector of an electrical load able to be moved along the conductor line, the current collector including at least one sliding contact and further including at least one antenna engaged in the adjoining longitudinal slot of the conductor profile, the at least one sliding contact and the at least one antenna being able to be jointly moved towards the conductor profile in a feed direction by a feed device of the current collector, and the at least one antenna being able to move in the feed direction relative to the at least one sliding contact,
- wherein the conductor profile includes at least one sliding contact groove for the at least one sliding contact of the current collector of the electrical load,
- the conductor profile also includes at least one spacer slide surface that extends in the longitudinal direction for at least one spacer slide of the current collector, the at least one spacer slide for sliding or rolling along the conductor profile, and
- at least one compensating element is disposed between the at least one sliding contact and the at least one antenna, the at least one compensating element pressing the at least one antenna in the feed direction towards the conductor line and at the same time allowing movement of the at least one antenna and the at least one spacer slide relative to the at least one sliding contact against the feed direction.
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A conductor line system comprising:
- a conductor line with a conductor profile that extends in a longitudinal direction with an elongated cavity and an adjoining longitudinal slot that extends in the longitudinal direction;
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- a current collector that includes at least one antenna for engaging in the adjoining longitudinal slot, and at least one sliding contact for making electrical contact with the conductor profile of the conductor line,
- wherein the at least one sliding contact and the at least one antenna are able to be jointly moved towards the conductor profile in a feed direction by a feed device of the current collector,
- the at least one antenna is movably mounted on the current collector in the feed direction relative to the at least one sliding contact,
- the at least one antenna is able to move in the feed direction relative to the at least one sliding contact, the current collector including at least one spacer slide for sliding or rolling along the conductor profile, and
- at least one compensating element is disposed between the at least one sliding contact and the at least one antenna, the at least one compensating element pressing the at least one antenna in the feed direction towards the conductor line and at the same time allowing movement of the at least one antenna and the at least one spacer slide relative to the at least one sliding contact against the feed direction.
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