Patent ID: 8820500

Claim:
A structure for collecting motive and auxiliary electrical energy for a land vehicle that is either articulated or non-articulated and formed of at least one module which passes close to an electrical power supply shoe that is mounted on a stationary support along a route of the vehicle, a plurality of the stationary supports and the electrical power supply shoes are positioned along the route to supply the vehicle with motive and auxiliary electrical energy, the structure comprising: at least one conductive line ( 14 ), an upper portion of which having a surface on which the electrical power supply shoe slides, the structure being mounted on the vehicle using controllable suspension points ( 34 ) and electrically insulated supports, the structure comprising, at at least one of its extremities, a ramp ( 35 ) for engaging with either the electrical power supply shoe or the stationary support, two successive conductive segments are joined to one another by a deformable conductive connector ( 19 ), the deformable connector ( 19 ) is a flexible conductive connector that absorbs rolling, pitching and twisting movement while still ensuring continuity of the motive and auxiliary electrical energy supply, an upper edge ( 20 ) of each of the deformable conductive connectors ( 19 ) constitutes a continuation of the surface of the conductive line upon which the electrical power supply shoe slides.