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Wheel drive cart for an item transporting and sorting system

US10549767B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

LEONARDO S.P.A. · IT

Inventors

Carlo Luigi Parodi · Roma, IT
Riccardo Cerutti · Roma, IT
Alessandro Del Vacchio · Roma, IT

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 18, 2015
Grant date	Feb 4, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 11, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65G35/06
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wheel drive cart for a transporting and/or sorting system configured to tow a plurality of loading carts movable along a closed path, constituted by a first and a second rail parallel to each other, between a loading and unloading stations. The cart includes a pair of direct drive wheels without reducers, with each wheel including an electric motor having a stator, integral with a bracket hinged to a frame of the cart, and a rotor, a peripheral outward facing portion of which forms a cylindrical surface of the wheel designed to roll on a resting surface of a respective rail.

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