Transport device
US12065320B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 3, 2021 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02K2213/12
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A transport device in the form of a planar motor having at least one transport segment which forms a transport plane and having at least one transport unit, which can be moved at least two-dimensionally in the transport plane, to allow more versatile process management, is provided in the transport device. At least one coupling apparatus for releasably coupling the transport unit to the coupling unit is arranged on the transport unit and, on the coupling unit in each case, the transport unit and the coupling unit can be coupled, at least temporarily, by the coupling apparatuses to form an assembly by way of a relative movement in the transport plane. The coupling apparatuses interact in the coupled assembly in order to limit a relative movement between the transport unit and the coupling unit in at least one degree of freedom of movement.
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