System for automatically connecting and a disconnecting catenary vehicle to and from the overhead line during travel

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PATENT NO 9376023
APP PUB NO 20130245876A1
SERIAL NO

13990422

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A method and device for automatically connecting and disconnecting a current collector of a vehicle which is designed for operating with an overhead line. The invention specifies a device and a method for automatically connecting and disconnecting at least one current collector (3) of a vehicle which is designed for operation with at least one overhead line (1). The device comprises at least one actuator (9), which moves the current collector (3), and at least one image-capturing and image-evaluation unit (6 and 7), which controls the actuator (9) in such a way that the current collector (3) is connected or disconnected to or from the overhead line (1). The invention provides the advantage that current collectors of a vehicle can be reliably and securely connected and disconnected to and from an overhead line in an automatic fashion.

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LIBRODUCT GMBH & CO KG66125 SAARBRÜCKEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Messerschmidt, Jan Saarbrücken, DE 1 7

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