current collector

device used to carry electrical power from overhead line or contact rail (electrical third or rarely even fourth rail) to a vehicle
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current collector

Summary

current collector is a machine element[1]. It draws 109 Wikipedia views per month (machine_element category, ranking #7 of 30).[2]

Key Facts

  • current collector's image is recorded as Bořislavka, Siemens-Rampini, pantograf.jpg[3].
  • current collector's instance of is recorded as machine element[4].
  • current collector's GND ID is recorded as 4438227-3[5].
  • current collector's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85041961[6].
  • current collector's subclass of is recorded as electrical element[7].
  • current collector's part of is recorded as tram[8].
  • current collector's part of is recorded as trolleybus[9].
  • current collector's part of is recorded as electric locomotive[10].
  • current collector's part of is recorded as electric multiple unit[11].
  • current collector's Commons category is recorded as Current collectors[12].
  • current collector's has part is recorded as brush[13].
  • current collector's has part is recorded as spring[14].
  • current collector's has part is recorded as pantograph[15].
  • current collector's has part is recorded as bow collector[16].
  • current collector's has part is recorded as trolley pole[17].
  • current collector's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04f51ks[18].
  • current collector's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Current collectors[19].
  • current collector's PSH ID is recorded as 2384[20].
  • current collector's has characteristic is recorded as electrical conductivity[21].
  • current collector's connects with is recorded as contact rail or line[22].
  • current collector's connects with is recorded as electrical switch[23].
  • current collector's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4195384[24].
  • current collector's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780874899[25].
  • current collector's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007538298105171[26].
  • current collector's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2780874899[27].

Body

Geography

Part of include tram[8]; trolleybus[9], a bus type[28]; electric locomotive[10]; and electric multiple unit[11].

Designation and Status

current collector's instance of is recorded as machine element[4].

Why It Matters

current collector draws 109 Wikipedia views per month (machine_element category, ranking #7 of 30).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_current-collector_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{current collector}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/current-collector}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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