IP Library Granted Patent US 9,932,047
Granted Patent B2
US 9,932,047 · App. 13/884,731 · Granted Apr 3, 2018

Method for producing different variants of rails from an assembly set, and system having a vehicle which is movable on a rail component

Inventors: Josef Schmidt (Graben-Neudorf, DE); Ralf Berger (Stutensee, DE); Markus Thome (Bruchsal, DE)
Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
B61B13/00B60M1/307E01B25/04E01B25/10E01B25/24
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Patent No.
US 9,932,047
App. No.
13/884,731
Granted
Apr 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a method for producing different rail variants from an assembly set, and system having a vehicle which is movable on a rail part, the assembly set includes a rail profile part and two different reactive components, and the rail profile part includes an interface at which one of the different reactive components is optionally able to be connected.

Claims (4)

1. A method, comprising:

producing different variants of rails from an assembly set, the assembly set including a rail profile part and two different reactive components, the rail profile part having an interface at which a first one of the different reactive components is connectable to produce a first one of the different variants, and at which a second one of the different reactive components is connectable to produce a second one of the different variants, wherein the interface connects to only one of the first and second different variants at a time, wherein the first one of the different reactive components is capable of serving as part of a first type of electromotive drive, wherein the second one of the different reactive components is capable of serving as part of a second type of electromotive drive, and wherein the rail profile part has drilling aids, including drilling grooves, spaced apart from each other for forming the interface and/or for introducing bores, a first drilling aid, but not a second drilling aid, being used for joining the first one of the reactive components to produce the first variant, and/or for introducing a bore for a screw connecting the first one of the reactive components and the rail profile part, the second drilling aid, but not the first drilling aid, being used for joining the second one of the reactive components to produce the second variant, and/or for introducing a bore for a screw connecting the second one of the reactive components and the rail profile part.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the rails include monorail rails and/or suspended railroad rails.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a blade of a linear asynchronous motor or an eddy current motor is used as the first one of the reactive components, or a holding part, accommodating permanent magnets, of a synchronous linear motor, or a reactive component of a reluctance motor or a gear rack.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2013
From: SCHMIDT, JOSEF; BERGER, RALF; THOME, MARKUS
To: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 030857/0967 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2010 050 760 · Nov 10, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130233934A1 · Sep 12, 2013