MUMBAI, India, Sept. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202627087270 A) filed by Schunk Transit Systems Gmbh on July 16, 2026, for Rapid Charging System And Method For Electrically Connecting A Vehicle To A Charging Station.
Inventors include Drewes, Nils; Hofmann, Dennis; Domes, Matthias; and Staubach, Timo.
The application for the patent was published on September 04, 2026, under issue no. 36/2026.
Abstract: The invention relates to a rapid charging system (46) for electrically driven vehicles, in particular electric buses or the like, and to a method for forming an electrically conductive connection between a vehicle and a stationary charging station, comprising a contact device (47), a charging contact device (43) and a positioning device, wherein the contact device or the charging contact device can be arranged on a vehicle, wherein the contact device can be brought into electrical contact with the charging contact device in a contact position, wherein the contact device can be positioned relative to the charging contact device, and brought into the contact position, by means of the positioning device, wherein the charging contact device has a charging-contact element carrier (44) with charging contact elements (45), wherein the charging contact elements are each strip-shaped, wherein the contact device has a contact element carrier (48) with contact elements (49), wherein, in the contact position, the contact elements can be brought into electrical contact with the charging contact elements in order to form respective contact pairs, wherein the contact pairs can be formed for at least two power contacts of the rapid charging system, wherein the charging-contact element carrier has at least four charging contact elements (45) and/or wherein the contact element carrier has at least four contact elements (49), wherein the charging contact elements are arranged relative to the contact elements in such a way that, in the contact position, at least two power contacts can be formed between two charging contact elements and two contact elements.
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