POSITIONING UNIT AND CONTACT METHOD

The invention relates to a positioning unit and to a method for producing an electrically conductive connection between an electrically driven vehicle, more particularly an electric bus or the like, and a stationary charging station using the positioning unit, wherein: the positioning unit is designed such that the positioning unit can be arranged on the roof; the contact means of the positioning unit can be moved relative to the charging contact means of the charging station and can be electrically contacted by the charging contact means in a contact position; the positioning unit has an articulated arm device (32) for positioning the contact device and a drive device (33) for driving the articulated arm device; the articulated arm device has a pivoting mechanism with a pivot arm (34) which can be rotated about a pivot axis (37), by means of which the contact device can be pivoted from a storage orientation of a retracted position of the positioning unit for storing the contact device into a contact orientat