VEHICLE CHARGING STATION WITH AN ARTICULATED ARM
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Abstract
A vehicle charging station charges an energy accumulator in a battery-driven vehicle, namely an electric bus or hybrid vehicle, the vehicle being parked in a pre-defined parking position during the charging process. The charging station contains a base which is arranged in the vicinity of the pre-defined parking position and an articulated arm. One end of which is mounted in a revolute joint on the base and is rotary driven by a rotary drive and the other end is connected to a supply-contact device by a second revolute joint, such that the supply-contact device can be moved, by a pivoting movement of the articulated arm, between an idle position, in which the supply-contact device is positioned above the vehicle roof, and a working position, in which, for charging purposes, electrical contact is made between the supply-contact device and a receiving-contact device arranged in a static manner on the vehicle roof.
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26 Claims
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14. A vehicle charging station for charging an energy accumulator in a battery-driven vehicle, wherein the battery-driven vehicle parks during a charging process in a pre-defined parking position, the vehicle charging station comprising:
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a base disposed in a vicinity of the pre-defined parking position; a first revolute joint disposed on said base; a second revolute joint; a rotary drive; a supply-contact device; and an articulated arm, a first end of said articulated arm is mounted in said first revolute joint on said base and is rotary driven by said rotary drive, and a second end of said articulated arm is connected to said supply-contact device by said second revolute joint, so that said supply-contact device can be moved, by means of a pivoting movement of said articulated arm between an idle position, in which said supply-contact device is located above a vehicle roof, and a working position, in which for charging purposes electrical contact is made between said supply-contact device and a receiving-contact device disposed in a static manner on the vehicle roof. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for charging an energy accumulator in a battery-driven vehicle, which comprises the steps of:
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bringing the battery-driven vehicle into a predefined parking position, with a charging station for charging purposes; disposing a base in a vicinity of the pre-defined parking position; rotary driving an articulated arm, a first end of the articulated arm being mounted in a first revolute joint attached to the base and is rotary driven about an axis by a rotary drive, and a second end of the articulated arm being connected to a supply-contact device by a second revolute joint; and pivoting the supply-contact device by means of the rotary drive from an idle position for charging of the energy accumulator, in which the supply-contact device is disposed in a position above a vehicle roof, into a working position, in which an electrical connection is made between corresponding contacts of the supply-contact device and a receiving-contact device disposed on the vehicle roof. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A battery-driven, not rail-mounted vehicle, comprising:
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a vehicle roof; and a receiving-contact device fixedly attached to said vehicle roof and having longitudinal contact strips, which are disposed either in a form of a cross, a square or a rectangle. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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Specification