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| 20090013899 | Transport System A transport system, including a rail system and carriages movably disposed thereon, the rails being encompassed by a primary conductor system to which at least one secondary coil, included by the carriage, is inductively coupled for the contactless transfer of electrica... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080084179 | Power Control Unit A power control apparatus for controlling charging and discharging of a plurality of storage means (101a, . . . ) has voltage measuring means (102a, . . . ) for measuring voltages of said storage means respectively, current measuring means (<... | 04/10/2008 |
