Abstract: The invention relates to a device for fastening a sliding element to a current collector or to a rocker mounted there, to draw electrical energy from an overhead contact line to an electrically driven vehicle. The device comprises a sliding element, a carrier, and a carbon contact piece arranged on the carrier, and a fastening point for fastening the sliding element to the current collector is formed between the sliding element and the current collector. At each fastening point between the sliding element and the current collector, a detent means is arranged on the side of the sliding element and, for each detent means, a receptacle for said detent means is arranged on the side of the current collector, wherein each detent means and the receptacle associated therewith are releasably brought into engagement with each other by inserting and locking the detent means in the receptacle.