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US 2017/0217333 A1Published application
Conductor line, current collector, and conductor line system
AssigneeConductix-Wampler GmbH
InventorBernd MAIER
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AssigneeConductix-Wampler GmbH
InventorBernd MAIER
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A conductor line for supplying an electric load movable on the conductor line in the longitudinal direction of the conductor line, includes at least one conductor strand which runs in the longitudinal direction and has an electrically conductive profiled conductor section for contacting a sliding contact of a current collector of the load and at least one elongated slotted waveguide, which runs in the longitudinal direction, with a longitudinal slot for receiving an antenna which can be moved together with the load. A related current collector and a conductor line system are also provided. The aim is to allow a compact and material-saving design with good fault-tolerant transmission. This is achieved by a conductor line in which the longitudinal slot is tilted by an angle which does not equal 90° about the longitudinal direction with respect to a movement plane on which the current collector can be moved, by a current collector in which the antenna or a part thereof is completely or partly tilted by an angle which also does not equal 90° about the longitudinal direction with respect to the movement plane, and by a conductor line system including such a conductor line and current collector.
Conductor line to supply at least one electrical load movable on the conductor line in the longitudinal direction thereof with at least one conductor strand running in the longitudinal direction with an electrically conductive conductor profile for contacting with a sliding contact of a current collector of the load and with at least one elongated slotted waveguide running in the longitudinal direction with a longitudinal slot to accommodate an antenna movable with the load, wherein the longitudinal slot is tilted by an angle not equal to 90° around the longitudinal direction relative to a travel plane in which the current collector can be moved in the longitudinal direction.
Current collector for an electrical load movable along a conductor line in the longitudinal direction with at least one sliding contact for contacting with an electrically conductive conductor profile of a conductor strand of conductor line and with at least one antenna for data transmission to an elongated slotted waveguide of the conductor line running in the longitudinal direction, in which the slotted waveguide has a longitudinal slot for the antenna, wherein the antenna or part of it is tilted fully or partially by an angle not equal to 90° around the longitudinal direction relative to a travel plane in which the current collector can be moved in the longitudinal direction.
Conductor line system with at least one electrical load movable on a conductor line in its longitudinal direction, which has a current collector with at least one sliding contact for contacting with at least one electrically conductive conductor profile of the conductor line and which has at least one antenna for data transmission with an elongated slotted waveguide of the conductor line running in the longitudinal direction, in which the hollow waveguide has a longitudinal slot for the antenna, wherein the longitudinal slot is tilted by an angle not equal to 90° around the longitudinal direction relative to a travel plane in which the current collector can be moved in the longitudinal direction and wherein the antenna or part of it is tilted fully or partially by an angle not equal to 90° around the longitudinal direction relative to a travel plane in which the current collector can be moved in the longitudinal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.