Patent ID: 8627906

Claim:
Electric connection system for an electric drive vehicle to allow the electric connection of electric energy storage means of the vehicle with an electric source for the purpose of charging thereof, comprising: at least one electrically conductive bar extending so that it is accessible from underneath the vehicle between front and rear regions thereof, the or each electrically conductive bar comprising an electrically conductive active surface electrically connected to the electric energy storage means of the vehicle, the active surface being intended to come into contact with mating means of the electric source; and protection means to protect the active surface of the electrically conductive bar, said protection means comprising at least one cover adapted so that it can move by pivoting about a pivot axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the bar, the pivot axis and the longitudinal axis lying vertical to each other, the bar and the protection means being capable of moving relative to one another between a charging position, in which the active surface of the bar is released from the protection means, and a non-charging position in which the active surface of the bar is covered by the protection means.