Transport system

US8347789B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Konstantin Wolf · Ubstadt-Weiher, DE
• Josef Schmidt · Graben-Neudorf, DE
• Günter Becker · Aachen, DE
• Leobald Podbielski · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 13, 2007
• Grant date: Jan 8, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 17, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60L2200/26
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A transport system, including a rail system and carriages movably disposed thereon, the rails being encompassed by a primary conductor system to which at least one secondary coil, included by the carriage, is inductively coupled for the contactless transfer of electrical energy and/or information.