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US 12,576,723 · App. 17/897,436 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Electrical contacting apparatus for a current collector of a vehicle, current collector and vehicle

Inventors: Christian Saliger (Vienna, AT); Clemens Smejkal (Auersthal, AT); Christopher Flois (Vienna, AT)
Assignee: Siemens Mobility Austria GmbH
B60L5/22B60L5/085B60L5/24B60L5/38B60L2200/26
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Patent No.
US 12,576,723
App. No.
17/897,436
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrical contacting apparatus for the current collector of a vehicle, includes at least an electrical first contact body that is coupled via at least a first spring apparatus to at least a first bearing apparatus, wherein the at least first bearing apparatus is connectable to a current collector linkage or to a current collector holder and where the at least first contact body is electrically connectable to the vehicle, where the at least first contact body and the at least first bearing apparatus are electrically insulated from each other such that it becomes possible to dispense with separate insulators for electrically insulating a current collector from its environment.

Claims (16)

1 . An electrical contacting apparatus for a current collector of a vehicle, comprising:

at least an electrical first contact body which is coupled via at least a first spring apparatus to at least a first bearing apparatus, the at least first bearing apparatus being connectable to a current collector linkage or to a current collector holder, and the at least first contact body be electrically connectable to a vehicle;

wherein the at least first contact body and the at least first bearing apparatus are electrically insulated from each other;

wherein the at least first spring apparatus is formed as an electrical insulator;

wherein the at least first spring apparatus is connected via a first housing to the at least first bearing apparatus, the at least first spring apparatus being mounted within and being encased by the first housing and the first housing being formed as an electrical insulator; and

wherein the at least first contact body is coupled via at least a first guide apparatus to the at least first bearing apparatus and at least a first guide rod of the at least first guide apparatus is formed as an electrical insulator.

2 . The electrical contacting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least first spring apparatus is formed in a fiberglass-reinforced synthetic material.

3 . The electrical contacting apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least first spring apparatus is formed as a torsion spring.

4 . The electrical contacting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least first spring apparatus is formed as a rubber spring element.

5 . The electrical contacting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first housing is formed in a fiberglass-reinforced synthetic material.

6 . The electrical contacting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least first guide rod is formed in a fiberglass-reinforced synthetic material.

7 . The electrical contacting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least first contact body is formed as a contact strip of a rocker for at least one of a roof current collector, a rail vehicle and an electric commercial vehicle.

8 . The electrical contacting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least first contact body is formed as a contact shoe for a lateral current collector for a rail vehicle.

9 . The electrical contacting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least first contact body is formed as a contact head for a charging current collector for an electric commercial vehicle.

10 . A current collector for a vehicle having at least one electrical contacting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 .

11 . A vehicle having at least one current collector as claimed in claim 10 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2025
From: SALIGER, CHRISTIAN; SMEJKAL, CLEMENS; FLOIS, CHRISTOPHER
To: SIEMENS MOBILITY AUSTRIA GMBH
Reel/Frame 072982/0097 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT A 50696/2021 · Aug 31, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230064169A1 · Mar 2, 2023
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