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US 10,435,243 · App. 15/563,536 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Racking system and method for operating a racking system having a vehicle

Inventors: Josef Schmidt (Graben-Neudorf, DE); Dirk Degen (Bruchsal, DE)
Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
B65G1/0492B60B19/003B66F9/063B66F9/07568B66F9/07577B65G2207/34
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Patent No.
US 10,435,243
App. No.
15/563,536
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a racking system and a method for operating a racking system having a vehicle, the vehicle has omnidirectional wheels.

Claims (13)

1. A system, comprising:

a multi-level racking system including aisles and a hoisting platform movable vertically between the levels of the multi-level racking system;

a vehicle having omnidirectional wheels;

wherein a secondary winding, which is inductively couplable with a primary conductor disposed in the hoisting platform and which is inductively couplable with a primary conductor disposed in the aisle, is situated on an underside of the vehicle; and wherein a capacitance is connected to the secondary winding, in series or in parallel, to form a resonant frequency of an oscillating circuit that substantially corresponds to a frequency of a current impressed into the primary conductor.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein each omnidirectional wheel includes a drive.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle has a length and a width, and an absolute amount of the length is greater than an absolute amount of the width.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein a main aisle is at least as wide as the length.

5. The system according to claim 3 , wherein a side aisle is at least as wide as the width and narrower than the length.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle includes a hoisting gear such that a load is able to be carried by underriding the load with the vehicle and subsequent lifting of the hoisting gear.

7. A method for operating a system according to claim 1 , comprising:

bringing the vehicle from forward travel to sideways travel via a curve, wherein the vehicle is not rotated relative to stationary parts of the system.

8. A method for operating a system according to claim 1 , comprising:

bringing the vehicle from forward travel to sideways travel by braking, stopping, and subsequently accelerating in a transverse direction, wherein the vehicle is not rotated relative to stationary parts of the system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2017
From: SCHMIDT, JOSEF; DEGEN, DIRK
To: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 043746/0357 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 004 135 · Apr 1, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180086560A1 · Mar 29, 2018
Cited By (1)
US 12,410,009