Non-rail-bound vehicle

Abstract

A non-rail-bound vehicle, in particular a truck or bus, includes a current collector for feeding in electrical energy from a two-pole overhead line, the forward conductors and return conductors of which can each be contacted by a contact shoe of the current collector. The current collector has two support struts, which are rotatably articulated on the vehicle in such a way that they can pivot transversely to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle while guided in a common pivot plane. The support struts are connected in an articulated manner to a rocker carrying the contact shoes. In this way, the current collector can be safely connected to or disconnected from a contact wire during operation of the vehicle on multilane roadways having an electrified lane at least in sections, even at higher driving speeds, and can reliably maintain contact with the contact wire.

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