Grounding contact

Abstract

The invention relates to a grounding contact for transferring currents between fixed vehicle parts of a rail vehicle, such as an electric, diesel-electric or diesel-hydraulic locomotive or traction and traveling vehicle, and its rotating axis, including at least one contact element, such as carbon brushes (14), acted upon by pressure in the direction of the wheel axis, which lies or lie on a contact surface (10) originating indirectly or directly from the wheel axis, consisting in particular of carbon material or containing this, whereby the at least one contact element is acted upon by pressure through a flat element (30) in the direction of the contact surface. In order to ensure that the contact elements lie to a sufficient extent on the contact surface through simple construction methods and light construction with respect to weight, it is suggested that the flat element be an elastic layer (30) of elastomer material arranged in a mounting (20).

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