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AssigneeFirst Greater Western Limited
InventorsStuart Charles Bower, Ian Campbell-Kelly, Julian Guy Fletcher, David Thomas Horton, Peter Mason
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A charging apparatus for installation on an electric rail vehicle having a battery, the charging apparatus comprising a controller and a charging shoe electrically connectable to a battery. The charging shoe is configured to be movable between a retracted position and a deployed position, and is electrically connectable to a trackside charging contact when in the deployed position. The controller is configured to detect a position of the electric rail vehicle relative to the trackside charging contact, and cause the charging shoe to: move from the retracted position to the deployed position prior to the charging shoe being positioned over the charging contact, and/or while the battery electric rail vehicle is in motion, thereby sliding the charging shoe along at least a first portion of the trackside charging contact, and/or move from the deployed position to the retracted position subsequent to the electric rail vehicle starting to move away from the trackside charging contact, thereby sliding the charging shoe along at least a second portion of the trackside charging contact.
A charging apparatus for installation on an electric rail vehicle having a battery, the charging apparatus comprising:
A method of charging a battery electric rail vehicle having a charging shoe, wherein the charging shoe is configured to move between a retracted position to a deployed position and wherein the charging shoe is electrically connectable to a trackside charging contact when in the deployed position, the method comprising:
The method of 8 further comprising:
A battery electric rail vehicle charging system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.