Electrically propellable vehicle comprising at least one current collector being adapted to co-act with at least one rail element comprising at least one electric conductor. Each current collector comprises at least one contact element being adapted to connect mechanically and electrically with a corresponding contact portion of the at least one electric conductor. The vehicle further comprises a sliding device being displaceable in a lateral direction of the vehicle at an underside thereof. Each current collector is rotatably connected to the sliding device to rotate between a folded-down position where the at least one contact element of the current collector is substantially vertically disposed, and a folded-up position where the at least one contact element is non-vertically disposed. The at least one contact element of the current collector is vertically displaceable relative the vehicle or relative sliding device in the folded-down position. A corresponding method is also provided.
A system comprising an electrically propellable vehicle and a rail element comprising at least one electric conductor arranged in at least one groove thereof and being adapted to be put under voltage for supplying electric power to the vehicle, and at least one electrically conducting ground conductor being connectable to ground potential. The vehicle is provided with a current collector adapted to co-act with the rail element, which is located in a road section on which the vehicle is adapted to travel, wherein the current collector is displaceable vertically and laterally and comprises at least one contact element and at least one ground contact element, being configured to be brought in electrical and mechanical contact with a corresponding electric conductor and ground conductor, respectively, wherein the at least one ground contact element is electrically connected to a chassis and/or body portion of the vehicle.
A system for electrical feeding of electrically propellable road vehicles is provided. The system comprises a rail element having at least one electric conductor extending in a lengthwise direction thereof and a current collector adapted to co-act with the rail element. The at least one electric conductor is arranged in at least one groove in the rail element and is adapted to be put under voltage. The rail element is adapted to be located in a road section on which the vehicle is travelling, wherein the current collector is connectable to the vehicle and is displaceable vertically and laterally and comprises at least one contact element. Each contact element is adapted to connect mechanically and electrically with a corresponding contact portion of the at least one electric conductor. The contact element and at least the contact portions of the electric conductors have a hardness being higher than that of quartz.
B60L 5/00 - Current-collectors for power supply lines of electrically-propelled vehicles
B60L 5/40 - Current-collectors for power supply lines of electrically-propelled vehicles for collecting current from lines in slotted conduits
B60L 50/53 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells in combination with an external power supply, e.g. from overhead contact lines
4.
STATIONARY CHARGING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CHARGING
A stationary charging arrangement for charging a battery or a set of batteries of an electrically propellable road vehicle while the vehicle is stationary. The arrangement comprises a rail element having at least one electric conductor extending in a lengthwise direction thereof, and a current collector adapted to co-act with the rail element, the electric conductor being arranged in at least one groove in the rail element and being adapted to be put under voltage, the current collector being connectable to the vehicle and being displaceable vertically and laterally to connect mechanically and electrically with the at least one electric conductor of the rail element for supplying electric power the vehicle. The rail element is adapted to be located in or on a parking lot on which the vehicle is parked. A system comprising such a charging arrangement and a corresponding method are also provided.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
39 - Transport, packaging, storage and travel services
Goods & Services
Apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching,
transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling
electricity; data processing equipment and computers;
computer software; electric batteries for vehicles; battery
chargers; chargers for electric batteries; holders for
electric coils; plates for batteries; all the aforesaid
goods for use in automotive powertrains or electric
vehicles. Installation, integration, maintenance and repair and
upgrading of electric battery systems, and consulting
related thereto; charging and stabilizing electricity for
vehicle batteries; leasing services for charging and
stabilizing electricity for vehicle batteries; maintaining
and regulating electric battery systems for storage,
discharge, supply, transmission and stabilization of
electricity, and consulting services related thereto;
charging and stabilization of electricity in electric
battery systems for vehicle batteries and thereto related
services. Storage, supply and transmission of electricity for vehicle
batteries; leasing services for the storage, supply and
transmission of electricity for vehicle batteries; storage,
supply and transmission of electricity in electric battery
systems for vehicle batteries and thereto related services.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
39 - Transport, packaging, storage and travel services
Goods & Services
Apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity; data processing equipment and computers; computer software; electric batteries for vehicles; battery chargers; chargers for electric batteries; holders for electric coils; electricity indicators; plates for batteries; all the aforesaid goods for use in automotive powertrains or electric vehicles. Installation, integration, maintenance and repair and upgrading of electric battery systems, and consulting related thereto; Charging and stabilizing electricity for vehicle batteries; Leasing services for charging and stabilizing electricity for vehicle batteries; Maintaining and regulating electric battery systems for storage, discharge, supply, transmission and stabilization of electricity, and consulting services related thereto; Charging and stabilization of electricity in electric battery systems for vehicle batteries and thereto related services. Storage, supply and transmission of electricity for vehicle batteries; Leasing services for the storage, supply and transmission of electricity for vehicle batteries; Storage, supply and transmission of electricity in electric battery systems for vehicle batteries and thereto related services.
7.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL FEEDING OF A VEHICLE
According to the invention, there is provided a system for electrical feeding of a vehicle, which system comprises at least one suspended rail element and at least one contact device. The rail element has at least one elongated groove or channel extending along a length of the rail element, wherein electric conductors to be put under voltage are arranged therein. The at least one contact device is directly or indirectly connectable to the vehicle, wherein the contact device is displaceable relative said vehicle and is configured to mechanically and electrically connect with the rail element from beneath in order to transmit electric current from said electric conductor to the vehicle. According to the invention, there is also provided a method for electrical feeding of a vehicle, and use of at least one suspended rail element for electrical feeding of a vehicle.
Mechanism for electrical feeding of road vehicles comprising a contact device (5) adapted to co-act mechanically and electrically with a track (2) comprising an electric conductor put under voltage and located in a road section on which the vehicle (7) is travelling,in order to supply electric voltage to at least one electric motor which propels the vehicle,wherein the contact device is displaceable vertically and laterally and comprises at least one current collector (8). The mechanism comprises a bar (10) directly or indirectly attached to the vehicle and arranged substantially horizontal and perpendicular to the driving direction of the vehicle and a sliding device (9) adapted to be displaced laterally on the bar, wherein the current collector is connected to the sliding device by means of a contact arm (6) which is displaceable vertically and the mechanism further comprises means for lateral displacement of the sliding device on the bar.
A contact device (1) directly or indirectly connectable to a vehicle and adapted to co-act mechanically and electrically with a track (2) comprising an electric conductor (7) put under voltage and located in a road section (6) on which the vehicle is travelling, in order to supply electric voltage to at least one electric motor which propels the vehicle, wherein the contact device (1) is displaceable upwards, downwards and laterally and comprises at least one current collector and at least one cleansing device (4). The current collector (3) comprises a sliding contact (8) configured to be brought into mechanical and electrical contact with at least a vertical side wall portion of the track
The present invention relates to an add-on motor assembly (10; 20) adapted to be connected to an existing vehicle (1) and configured to propel the vehicle along a road. The add-on motor assembly comprises at least one electric motor (12; 22) and further contact means (15) displaceable upwards, downwards and laterally and including a current collector, and a mechanism (16) for displacing the contact means. The contact means is adapted to co-act mechanically and electrically with an electric conductor (2) put under voltage and located in a road section on which the vehicle is travelling, in order to supply electric voltage to the at least one electric motor which thereby propels the vehicle.
B60L 5/38 - Current-collectors for power supply lines of electrically-propelled vehicles for collecting current from conductor rails
B60M 7/00 - Power lines or rails specially adapted for electrically-propelled vehicles of special types, e.g. suspension tramway, ropeway, underground railway
B60K 1/04 - Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units of the electric storage means for propulsion
The present invention comprises a vehicle-related contact means (40) that clears a track (51) introduced in a road section (2a1) and having current-feedable and energizable contact surface(s) (4a') from loose and/or fixed obstacles ("H") and/or is deflectable, which contact means has a contact unit (41, 41'), wherein said contact unit (41) is rotatably attached to a vehicle-associated lever unit (14) and rotatably arranged about a horizontally oriented rotational shaft (41a), so as to, via a collision against a fixed obstacle ("H"), be rotatable from a position co-operating with the contact surface (4a') into a position uncovering the contact surface, and vice versa. Said contact unit (41) is, in a selected direction of travel of the vehicle, formed with, at least, two co-ordinated parts (41b, 41b'), a first part (41b) for a protection of an electrically conducting, second part (41b'), and where the first part (41b) and the second part (41b') are arranged one after the other with an orientation corresponding to the longitudinal extension of the track (51) and contact surface (4a').
B60L 5/40 - Current-collectors for power supply lines of electrically-propelled vehicles for collecting current from lines in slotted conduits
B60L 11/18 - using power supplied from primary cells, secondary cells, or fuel cells
E01H 8/12 - Removing undesirable matter from rails, flange grooves, or the like, e.g. removing ice from contact rails, removing mud from flange grooves specially adapted to grooved rails, flangeways, or the like
H01R 41/00 - Non-rotary current collectors for maintaining contact between moving and stationary parts of an electric circuit
The present invention embraces a track-shaped arrangement (20a), related to a system having electrically propellable, such as battery-propellable, vehicles, wherein each vehicle (1) has a vertically adjustable as well as laterally displaceably arranged contact means (collector shoe) ((4)), wherein this contact means is adapted for a co-operation with at least one track (51), and wherein said track is arranged to extend along a stretch of road and its assigned road sections (2a1) and has a first, an upwardly open, area (21), adapted to connect to a roadway (2') formed at the road section (2a1), and having a second, a lower area (22) adapted to support at least one energisable contact surface (4a'), and wherein said track (51) is adapted to connect to an upper opening (24) of an encapsulation (25) of the track (51) and the contact surface (4a') assigned to the track. A thermal insulation (40) is formed and introduced in order to face and connect to said encapsulation (25) and furthermore dimensioned with a selected thickness to be extendable in a horizontal direction toward a rail (26) forming the track (51).
The present invention embraces a track-related material structure (60) intended to form at least one wall portion within an elongate track (51) or a slot along one or more road sections forming a stretch of road, where the track (51) at its upper end portion (512) arranged against the roadway of the stretch of road is assigned an earth connection (4c) and at its lower end portion (514) facing from the roadway is assigned one or more electrically current-feedable and energisable conductors (4a), wherein the material structure (60) is electrically insulating and oriented to the at least one wall portion of the track (51 ) and arranged to electrically and mechanically co-operate with said earth connection (4c).
B60L 5/34 - Current-collectors for power supply lines of electrically-propelled vehicles with devices to enable one vehicle to pass another one using the same power supply line
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AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING ARRANGEMENT AND A STRETCH OF ROAD, HAVING ONE OR MORE TRACKS AND INDIVIDUAL ROAD SECTIONS
The present invention encompasses an electrically conducting arrangement ("A") serving as a current collector (40, (40)) and adapted to be extendable between an electrically propellable vehicle (1) and an energizable first contact surface (4a') related to a stretch of road and its individual road sections and allocated to a first stretch of road ("V1 ") and an energizable second contact surface (4b') allocated to a third stretch of road ("V3") and coupled after each other as viewed in the normal direction of travel of a vehicle ("P"), with an insulating part (44) separating the first contact surface (4a') and the second contact surface (4b'), where the first contact surface and the after-coupled second contact surface both are assigned one and the same road section-assigned first track (51), in order to be able to allow said current collector (40) to pass along the first contact surface (4a'), the insulating part (44) as well as the after-coupled second contact surface (4b1), for diverting electric power and energy to one or more of the electrically propellable vehicles (1). Said current collector (40) is adapted to have and assigned a first contact (41a), electrically connected (43) with a second contact (41b), and that these two contacts are physically separated (43) from each other in the longitudinal extension of the track (51), such that the first contact (41a) can establish an electrical connection with the second contact surface (4b') at the same time as the second contact (41b) can establish an electrical contact with the first contact surface (4a').
The present invention relates to a track structure, adapted to extend along a selected route (2a) and its assigned series-oriented road sections (2a1, 2a2, 2a3), intended to be able to receive a vehicle-related current-collecting means (4), and comprising one or more elongated tracks (51, 52), which are assigned to each road section (2a1, 2a2, 2a3), the track (51, 52) being defined by two side walls (53, 55) and a bottom wall (54) adapted to support a current-feedable and energizable electrical conductor (4a, 4b), and wherein said track structure (51, 52) comprises an outer cover (60) which surrounds the side walls and the bottom wall.
The present invention relates to a mechanical arrangement, adapted to be able to extend along a selected stretch of road and its assigned series-oriented road sections (2a1, 2a2) and intended to be able to receive a vehicle-related current-collecting means, comprising one or more elongate track or gaps (51, 52) assigned to each road section and having inserted current-feedable and energizable electrical conductors (4a, 4b), the electrical conductors comprising at least two essentially similar rail sections (4a1, 4a2) connectable with each other in the longitudinal direction of the track. In its longitudinal end portion (401), the first rail section comprises a first contact structure (403), and in its end portion (402) facing one end portion of the first rail section, the second rail section comprises a second contact structure (404) corresponding to the first contact structure, at least a part of the first contact structure being adapted to be received in a cavity in the second contact structure in order to, via said first and second contact structures, allow a relative movement in the longitudinal direction of the rail sections caused by a temperature difference, the first and second contact structures corresponding to each other being adapted to co-operate electrically and mechanically, allowing a transfer of an electric current and voltage between the first rail section and the second rail section.
This invention comprises a vehicle-related system (S) adapted for driving an electrically and by one or more batteries driven vehicle (1, 5) along a distance of a road-way, comprising; "a" one or more vehicles (1) driven by an individual electric motor or motors (5), wherein the respective vehicles (1) exhibit a control circuit ("R2") for creating necessary power and/or speed control and wherein a required power can i.a. be supplied primarily by a battery set up ("II", "B") allotted to the vehicle and being chargeable, and "b" a plurality of road sections or portions (2a1) subdividing the stretch of a roadway (2), each one allotted one or more electric stations ("III", "s1") in the form of an external source of power for thereof charging the battery set up ("II","B") and/or supplying the necessary power and energy for driving the vehicle (1). A circuit (151), determining instantaneous power content of the battery set up, is adapted, in determining a predetermined level of power lying below a maximized power content, and in an occurring feed voltage for the external source of power ("III", "s1") to connect the external source of power over a switch (43a) allotted to the source of power for offering charging of the battery set and/or for offering power and energy feeding of said motor (5) over said circuit ("R1") controlling the power.
The present invention has its application to a vehicle-related arm-shaped contact means ((4)) related to a contact means arrangement as a current collector or system ("S") for propelling an electrically, i.a. by batteries ("II", B), propellable vehicle (1) along a roadway (2) comprising "a"a plurality of roadway portions (2a, 2a1),wherein said road portions are allotted at least one track or slit (51, 52), having introduced therein current supplyable conductors (4a, 4b), and "b" one or more powerable vehicles (1), with each vehicle exhibiting a control circuit (100, "R1") adapted for necessary distribution of power, wherein said vehicle (1) is on its underneath side provided with a displaceable contact means ((4)) as said current collectors. Said current collector (41,41') is shaped as a main portion (141),made of an electrically insulating material, and having a lower surface (142) facing towards the contact surface (4a') being shaped flat, and having a lower contact surface (144) consisting of an electrically conductive material(160). The electrically conductive material (160) is adapted to extend through the main portion (141) for forming one or more upper contact surfaces (146a) and/or connecting conductors(146b).
This invention comprises a detector arrangement, said arrangement is related to a system (''S''), adapted for driving a vehicle (1) driven electrically and by one or several batteries, along a stretch of roadway, comprising ''a'' one or more over an individual electric motor or motors drivable vehicle (1), and ''b'' a plurality of road sections (2a1, 2a) subdividing the stretch of the roadway, each one being allotted one or more electric stations (''s1'', ''III'') for charging the set of batteries (''B'') of the vehicle (1) and/or for supplying the necessary power and energy for driving the vehicle forward. Said vehicle (1) is on its underneath side provided with a displaceably disposed contact means as a current collector (41a, 41b; 42a, 42b), moveable up and down and displaceable sideways, counted in the direction of transportation. Said current collectors are coordinated with a control equipment (10) for creating simple adaptation of the collector (4) for a registering of a mechanical and electrical contact to said rails (4a, 4b) over a detector arrangement, sensing the variation of a generated magnetic field (L1, L2).
B60L 5/40 - Current-collectors for power supply lines of electrically-propelled vehicles for collecting current from lines in slotted conduits
G01V 3/08 - Electric or magnetic prospecting or detectingMeasuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination or deviation operating with magnetic or electric fields produced or modified by objects or geological structures or by detecting devices
20.
A SYSTEM ADAPTED FOR ONE OR MORE ELECTRICALLY PROPELLABLE VEHICLES (ARRANGEMENT FOR METAL DETECTION)
This invention comprises an arrangement for metal detection and said arrangement is related to a system (''S'') adapted for driving a vehicle (1) electrically and by one or more batteries along a stretch of roadway, comprising ''a'' one or more over one or more electric motors propellable vehicles (1), with the respective vehicles (1) exhibiting a control circuit (100, ''R1'') and ''b'' a plurality of roadway sections (2a1, 2a) dividing the stretch of roadway, each roadway section being allotted one or more electric stations (''s1, ''III''). Said vehicle (1) is on its bottom side provided with a up and down and sideways, counted in the direction of transportation, displaceably positioned contact means or current collector ((4)). Said roadway section (2a1) exhibits, counted in the normal direction of transportation of the vehicle (1), elongated tracks (51) having rails (4a, 4b) positioned below the roadway and being capable of having current supply and being placed under voltage. Said contact means ((4)) are coordinated with control equipment (10) for creating simple adaptation of the contact means ((4)) for registering the contact means ((4)) against a mechanical and electrical contact with said rails (4a, 4b) over a detecting arrangement, adapted as a metal detector.
B60L 5/40 - Current-collectors for power supply lines of electrically-propelled vehicles for collecting current from lines in slotted conduits
G01V 3/08 - Electric or magnetic prospecting or detectingMeasuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination or deviation operating with magnetic or electric fields produced or modified by objects or geological structures or by detecting devices
21.
OVERLOAD RESTRICTION IN SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICAL VEHICLES
This invention comprises an arrangement for overload restriction, adapted to cooperate with a system (''S) for an electric and by one or more batteries or ''a'' battery set driven vehicle (1) to be driven along a stretch of roadway, comprising a one or more over an individual electric motor or motors drivable vehicles (1), with said respective vehicles (1) exhibiting a control circuit (100, ''R1'') controlling the power for creating the necessary power and/or speed control, wherein a necessary power i.a. can be supplied primarily by a chargeable battery set (''B'') allotted to the vehicle, and ''b'' a plurality of a roadway sections (2a1) subdividing the stretch of road, each one allotted to one or more electric stations (''s1'', ''III'') for thereby charging the battery set (''II''; B) of the vehicle and/or supplying the necessary power and energy for driving the vehicle. The invention indicates that to said vehicles external source of power (''III''; 71; 42) is connected, at least to a chosen maximized power outlet, a withdrawn power limiting circuit (74a) and that this circuit (74a) is adapted, over a switch (44a) to supply the power to said conductor (4a, 4b) in its roadway section (2a2), during the time periods when the vehicle (1) passes said roadway section (2a2).
Contact means (4) related to a vehicle are adapted to comprise an elongated arm (50), one end portion (50a) of which is rotatably attached to the underside (bottom)of the vehicle (1) and the other end portion (50b) of which is adapted to support said contact means (4). One or more sensors (151a, 151b) are disposed at the vehicle (1) and are intended to be able to sense the presence of and the orientation of a track or groove (51) and transfer sensed information to a power control circuit(100), which is adapted to comprise a control circuit (100b), which when sensing the existence of and a sensed orientation of at rack or groove (51), within a covered and restricted area, is to be adapted to actuate means (7) adapted to a sidewise movement and/or a lowering (or raising) movement at the contact means (4).
The present invention comprises a cleaning and/or cleansing means (41) related to a vehicle-related system for driving an electrically and by one or more batteries drivable vehicle (1) along a stretch of roadway, said system (S) is comprising: a one or more over an individual electric motor (5) or motors drivable vehicles (1), with the respective vehicles (1) exhibiting a control circuit (R1) controlling the power for creating a necessary power or speed control and wherein a necessary power can be provided i.a. primarily by a set of rechargeable batteries B allotted to the vehicle and b a plurality of road sections or portions (2a1, 2a) subdividing the stretch of the roadway, each roadway portion being allotted a track (51) and one or more electric stations (''s1'', III) so as to thereby charge the batteries (''B'') of the vehicle and/or supply necessary power and energy for driving the vehicle (1). A means (80) cleansing the track (51) from loose objects, such as sand, gravel, water, snow, and the like, and/or displaceable by solid obstacles (81), is rotatably fastened in its upper area (145) by means of a horizontally oriented axis (82) of rotation, so that the cleansing means (80) and said axis of rotation (82) are movably attached in vertical direction towards and away from a chassis, allotted to the vehicle, by a spring means (150). The means (80) is disposed with a forwardly directed edge portion (83) oriented in the direction of travel (''P''), said edge portion being allotted a point (83a), connected to or closely related to a track (51) and its contact surface (4a').
E01H 8/12 - Removing undesirable matter from rails, flange grooves, or the like, e.g. removing ice from contact rails, removing mud from flange grooves specially adapted to grooved rails, flangeways, or the like
H01R 41/00 - Non-rotary current collectors for maintaining contact between moving and stationary parts of an electric circuit
B60L 5/38 - Current-collectors for power supply lines of electrically-propelled vehicles for collecting current from conductor rails
B60L 11/18 - using power supplied from primary cells, secondary cells, or fuel cells
E01H 1/08 - Pneumatically dislodging or taking-up undesirable matterDrying by heat only, or by streams of gasCleaning by projecting abrasive particles
24.
A SYSTEM ADAPTED FOR ONE OR MORE ELECTRICALLY PROPELLABLE VEHICLES (RAIL STRUCTURE)
This invention concerns a rail structure (70, 71, 72, 73) in a vehicle-related system (S) for driving an electric and by one or more batteries conveyable vehicle (1) along a stretch of a track in a roadway section (2a1) and related to a roadway, comprising (a'') by one or more individual electric motors (5) drivable vehicles (1), and ''b'' a plurality of roadway sections (2a1, 2a) which may subdivide the stretch of roadway. Said tracks (51, 52) are in a cross section oriented in parallel in a rail structure (70), said rail structure (70) having external, of metal made,wall sections (71, 72) and a partition (73) separating the external wall sections. A first conductor surface (), which may be subjected to voltage,is allotted a lower portion for a first track (51). A second conductor surface (4b), which maybe subjected to voltage,is allotted a lower portion for a second track (52).
This invention comprises an arrangement, adapted to letting water, rain water, melted ice and snow water or the like, to pass by electrical conductors (4a, 4b) and its contact surfaces (4a, 4b) and is related to a rail structure, where said arrangement, in the form of contact means ((4)) such as a current collector (41, 41) for driving an electric and by one or more batteries driven vehicle (1) along a stretch of roadway (2), adapted system (S) comprising: ''a'' one or more over an electric motor or individual electric motors (5) propellable vehicle (1) and ''b'' a plurality of road sections dividing the stretch of the roadway (2), each one being allotted one or more electric stations (''s1'', ''III'') for thereby charging the batteries (B) of the vehicle (1) and/or supplying the required power and energy for driving the vehicle. At least three tracks (51a, 51, 52) are oriented parallel to each other in a common rail structure (30), where at least two of these tracks (51, 52) are adapted to support and enclose individual rails with contact surfaces (4a', 4b'), which may be subjected to voltage, and that at least one track (51a) is disposed closer to the upper most portion (501) of the roadway (2) and adjacent to a track (51) for one of said rails (41) and its contact surface, which may be subjected to voltage.
The present invention comprises a snow plough arrangement (41, 14') adapted to a vehicle-related system for driving an electrically driven vehicle (1) along a stretch of road, said adapted system (S) comprising: ''a'' one or more over an individual electric motor (5) or motors drivable vehicles (1), and ''b'' a plurality of road sections (2a1, 2a) subdividing the stretch of road, each road section being allotted a track (51). Said snow plough arrangement (241) is in the form of a yieldable means (80) cleansing a track (51) of loose obstacles, such as snow, ice, water, sand, gravel and the like, and being foldable away, by rotatably fastened in its upper area (145) over a horizontally disposed axis of rotation (82) so that the cleansing means (80) and said axis of rotation (82) are movably fastened in vertical direction towards and away from an allotted chassis over a resilient means (150). The arrangement (241) and/or said means (80) are, in a direction disposed in the direction of motion, provided with a forwardly directed edge portion (83), said edge portion being allotted a point (83a), which may be connected to or adjacent arranged to the track (51) and its conductor (4a) or the bottom of the track.
B60L 5/40 - Current-collectors for power supply lines of electrically-propelled vehicles for collecting current from lines in slotted conduits
E01H 8/12 - Removing undesirable matter from rails, flange grooves, or the like, e.g. removing ice from contact rails, removing mud from flange grooves specially adapted to grooved rails, flangeways, or the like
H01R 41/00 - Non-rotary current collectors for maintaining contact between moving and stationary parts of an electric circuit
B60L 11/18 - using power supplied from primary cells, secondary cells, or fuel cells
E01H 5/06 - Apparatus propelled by animal or engine powerApparatus propelled by hand with driven dislodging or conveying elements, e.g. conveying pneumatically dislodging essentially by non-driven elements, e.g. scraper blades
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A SYSTEM ADAPTED FOR ONE OR MORE VEHICLES, WHICH MAY BE DRIVEN FORWARD ELECTRICALLY
The present invention has its applicataion to a system ("S") for driving an electric and by one or more batteries powered vehicle (1) along a roadway, comprising "a" one or more vehicles (1), which may be driven by an individual electric motor (5) or motors and wherein the respective vehicles (1) exhibit a power-controlling control circuit (100, "R1 ") for creating the necessary power and/or speed control and wherein required power i.a. can be provided primarily by a chargeable battery set ("B", "II") associated with the vehicle and "b" a plurality of road sections road portions (2a, 2b) divisible for the roadway, each being allotted one or more vehicle external electric stations ("s1 ", "III") for charging the battery set ("B", "II") thereby and/or for supplying necessary power and energy for driving the vehicle (1). The underneath side of the mentioned vehicle (1) is provided with a contact means (4) displaceably positioned up and down and sideways, counted in the direction of transportation. Said roadway (2) and its road sections or portions (2b) exhibits an elongated track or groove (51, 52, 54), each road section (2a1) is supporting two rails (4a, 4b) in the groove and disposed under the driving path of the road section or portion (2a1). The rails (4a, 4b) being supplied with current and voltage. Said contact means (4) is coordinated with a control equipment (10) for creating simple adaptation of the contact means (4) for registering the contact means (4) for mechanical and electrical contact against said two rails (4a, 4b).
