Conductor rails, the use thereof and methods of manufacture
AssigneeAlusuisse Technology & Management Ltd.
InventorsStephan Herrmann, Uwe Bock
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Abstract
A conductor rail having a rail-like support section made of metallic material, in particular a support section which is I-shaped in cross-section, and which has at least one other component of another metal attached to it, has a light metal body acting as conductor section—in particular an extruded section of an aluminium alloy—mounted in at least one of the side channels of a ferrous support section, the component of higher strength material covering the outwards facing surface of the conductor section. This conductor section is fitted by mechanical locking into the side channel, the light metal body of the conductor section may reside in the side channel under compression.
Claims21
A conductor rail comprising:
- a rail-like support section made of ferrous material, the rail-like support section being shaped in cross section to define at least one side channel;
- a light metal body comprising an extruded section of an aluminum alloy, which functions as a conductor section, mounted in the at least one side channel of the support section, the light metal body having an outward facing surface facing away from the channel;
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- a component which spans the outward facing surface of the light metal body wherein said component is formed of a higher strength material than the light metal body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.