IP Library Granted Patent US 11,585,048
Granted Patent B2
US 11,585,048 · App. 17/158,246 · Granted Feb 21, 2023

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
E01B25/10B60L13/03B60M1/307B61B3/02B61B13/00B61B13/04E01B25/04E01B25/22E01B25/24
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Patent No.
US 11,585,048
App. No.
17/158,246
Granted
Feb 21, 2023
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 (27)

1. A system, comprising:

a rail part including a rail profile part having a plurality of drilling aids disposed at a distance from each other;

wherein the drilling aids are arranged as grooves and/or drilling grooves extending in a rail direction parallel to each other, at least one first drilling aid being arranged on a top side of the rail profile and at least one second drilling aid being arranged on a side surface of the rail profile; and

wherein a primary conductor is threadable through a bore provided in the drilling aid.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the rail profile part is arranged as a continuous cast component.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the rail profile part, including the drilling aids, is arranged as a continuous cast component.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the rail profile part is arranged as a continuous cast aluminum component.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the rail profile part includes a recess adapted to convey a cooling medium, air, pressurized air, water, oil, and or hydraulic oil.

6. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one running surface for a wheel of a vehicle of the system.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the rail profile part includes a recess arranged as a hollow conductor and/or as a slotted hollow conductor.

8. The system according to claim 7 , further comprising an antenna adapted to input and/or output electromagnetic radiation into the recess.

9. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a vehicle movable on the rail part, the vehicle including an antenna adapted to input and/or output electromagnetic radiation into the slotted hollow conductor.

10. The system according to claim 1 , wherein a frequency of electromagnetic waves input into a hollow conductor of the rail profile part differs by less than a factor of two from a frequency of electromagnetic waves input into a slotted hollow conductor of the rail profile part.

11. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the drilling aids are arranged in a groove and/or at a base of a groove.

12. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the groove is arranged in a running surface.

13. The system according to claim 1 , wherein additional recesses which are usable as hollow conductors are disposed in the rail profile part, dimensions being so small that a frequency must be used that is at least twice as high than that for a slotted hollow conductor.

14. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a receiver arranged on the rail profile part, where a holding device and/or a plastic profile part, accommodating a primary conductor is fixable, into which a medium frequency alternating current is able to be impressed, at a frequency between 10 and 500 kHz, so that a secondary winding disposed on vehicle movable on the rail part is inductively coupled to the primary conductor, which is installed in elongated form in a rail direction, and a capacitance is connected to the secondary winding, in series or in parallel, such that an associated resonant frequency substantially corresponds to a frequency of an alternating current input into the primary conductor.

15. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the rail profile part is made of aluminum.

16. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a vehicle movable on the rail part.

17. A system, comprising:

a rail part including a rail profile part having a plurality of drilling aids disposed at a distance from each other;

wherein the drilling aids are arranged as grooves and/or drilling grooves extending in a rail direction parallel to each other, at least one first drilling aid being arranged on a top side of the rail profile and at least one second drilling aid being arranged on a side surface of the rail profile; and

wherein a primary conductor is threadable through a bore provided in the groove and/or the drilling groove.

18. A system, comprising:

a rail part including a rail profile part having a plurality of drilling aids disposed at a distance from each other;

wherein the drilling aids are arranged as grooves and/or drilling grooves extending in a rail direction parallel to each other, at least one first drilling aid being arranged on a top side of the rail profile and at least one second drilling aid being arranged on a side surface of the rail profile; and

wherein a bore is arranged at a first drilling aid, where a first reactive component is joined using a screwed connection, and a second drilling aid set apart from the first drilling aid is arranged on the rail profile part unused, to be used in a screwed connection with a reactive component that differs from the first reactive component.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2021
From: SCHMIDT, JOSEF; BERGER, RALF; THOME, MARKUS
To: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 055030/0334 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102010050760.1 · Nov 10, 2010 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15902375 · Feb 22, 2018
Division 13884731
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