Transport of an object across a surface

US9114940B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Kraegeloh · Erlangen, DE
• Harald Popp · Tuchenbach, DE
• Josef Bernhard · Nabburg, DE
• Harald Fuchs · Eisenberg (Pfalz), DE
• Marc Gayer · Erlangen, DE
• Manfred Lutzky · Nuremberg, DE
• Thomas Sporer · Ergolding, DE
• Sandra Brix · Ilmenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 9, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 25, 2015
• Expiry date: May 1, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F2009/0087
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A basic idea of the present application is that in case of determining a position of the object on the surface, it is possible to also use transport mechanisms for the transport of the object on the surface which leads to less reproducible transport movements as the regulation may be executed directly on the basis of the observed movement as compared to the desired movement. Embodiments using compressed air, magnetism and/or bending waves are described.