UPPER UNIT OF GROUND ELECTRIC VEHICLE CURRENT COLLECTOR Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; electric vehicles. SUBSTANCE: upper unit of current collector has base of carriers with current collecting elements, and side posts hinge mounted on base. Posts are hinge connected to each other by means of plate with hole. Double-arm lifting levers secured to posts are installed on post turning joints. Unlike arms of double-arm levers are intercoupled by springs. Double-arm levers are provided with length adjuster and adjuster of position of spring connected levers relative to posts. EFFECT: provision of uniform pressure on current conductor from both current collecting elements, uniform wear of friction surfaces and reliability of current collection. 3 cl, 2 dwg