Patent ID: 8232671

Claim:
A system for sporadic supply and tapping of electrical energy for an urban public transport vehicle ( 4 ) with an on-board reserve of propulsive electrical energy, in which localized electrical energy supply sections are provided along a route, the localized electrical energy supply sections comprising either overhead or ground-level structures for the supply of electrical energy by either contact or remotely, the electrical energy so transferred serving, during phases of momentary stopping of the vehicle, to recharge an energy reserve and, while the vehicle is moving, to provide at least one of propulsive or supplementary electrical energy, the transfer of electrical energy takes place between localized individual electrical energy supply means which constitute as many electrical energy sources recurring along the length of the section, and a tapping structure present on and extending along the vehicle, the tapping structures on the vehicle being linear, and longer than the space between two successive individual electrical energy supply means.