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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7335041 | Bus bar support A bus bar support, including a lower part which can be mounted with a lower side thereof to the base. Several bus bars which are disposed in a longitudinal direction and at a distance from each other, are used to insert, in an isolated manner, bush bars extending in... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7312590 | Model railroad velocity controller Control over velocity of a model train may be determined based upon the speed of rotation of a control knob. A processor receives electronic pulses indicating rotation of the knob beyond a predetermined increment of angular distance. The processor calculates the amo... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7090059 | Powered slide rail device for vehicle seat A powered slide rail device including an electrode element extending along the lower rail thereof and a contact brush element provided in the upper runner rail element thereof which is slidably engaged with the lower rail. The electrode element is so arranged as to ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6938733 | Emergency power supply device for lift systems Emergency current supply equipment for lift installations with electric motor drives has the task of bridging over temporary drops or interruptions in main voltage and of supplying, in the event of failure of the mains supply during a lift travel, all components of ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6938742 | Conductor rail fish-plate A conductor rail fishplate for the electrical and mechanical connection of successive conductor rails has two symmetrical plates, which encompass the exterior of the conductor rail. The two plates are tensioned against one another using screws. Contact strips are ar... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6848547 | Non-contact electric power supply system for a rail-guided vehicle A non-contact electric power supply system for a rail-guided vehicle includes a main line having fixed rails for guiding the vehicle. A movable rail body is provided for changing the course of the vehicle moving along the main line. A first high frequency power supp... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6818827 | Device for absorbing harness slack A device for absorbing harness slack is disclosed wherein a leaf spring (resilient member) 37 is provided with a harness-guide member 34 which supports a curved portion 33 of a wire harness 32 slidably. The harness-guide member 34 ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6772868 | Railroad rail-connector assembly A railroad rail is electrically and mechanically connected to a power conductor by an electrical connector that includes a first connector part having a first tail that is bolted to the web of the railroad rail, a socket, and a first opening in the socket. The conne... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6672441 | Conductor rail support The live rail support according to the invention has a support body (1) for holding, such that they are electrically isolated, two electrically conductive live rails (2, 3) each having at least one contact sliding surface (4, 5), in which case the live ra... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6668991 | Redundant power supply system and method for an automated robotic device in a data storage system A system and method for distributing electrical power to an automated robotic device for transporting media cartridges in a data storage library. A power distributor includes multiple sections having first and second electrical conductors. A first power s... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6637564 | Current detector with two mounting positions A current detector can be fixed in an upright position or in a flat position on top of the surface of a support. The detector includes a housing which is provided with a first series of passages for fixing screws, whereby the axes thereof are perpendicula... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6596942 | Color arrangement of electrical cables for vehicles The object of the invention is to reduce the number of colors provided on electrical cables wired in a vehicle. The unitary wire harness containing the greatest number of electrical cables is taken as the critical harness. The critical number of different... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6543591 | Automated guided vehicle system An automated guided vehicle system can make a conveyor vehicle 13 traveled from a feeder line 5 disposed along a track 12 by supplying the power in a physically non-contact state, wherein the feeder lines are disposed in the both sides of a part of the tr... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6520303 | Power rail and guidebeam assembly for a vehicle transportation system A power rail and guidebeam assembly (10) for use in a vehicle transportation system conveys electric power to travelling vehicles in the vehicle transportation system. The power rail and guide beam assembly includes a guidebeam (12) having an H-shaped bod... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6405843 | Self supporting cable for use with linear motion devices A self supporting electrical cable is provided which is especially of use in linear motion devices. The cable is in the form of a band having a crowned or curved cross-section. The band is self supporting and is typically employed in a looped configuratio... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6380488 | Cable protector with main and auxiliary holding portions A cable protector that includes a main portion for holding a first cable having a relatively large diameter size and an auxiliary portion formed adjacently to the main portion for holding a plurality of second cables each having a relatively small diamete... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6250442 | Ground power supply for electric vehicle with earth connection The invention relates to a ground power supply device for electric vehicles (5), the device including power supply segments (52) insulated from each other and each having a length less than half the length of the footprint of the vehicle (5), and being ad... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6241064 | Fitting, conductor rail and coupling device Disclosed are a fitting, a conductor rail and a conductor rail coupling device for supplying current to lighting fixtures via conductors insulatedly arranged in the conductor rail; the fitting comprises a housing formed of a first and a second housing par... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6230861 | Buried power supply system for an electric vehicle, and an electric vehicle equipped to use such a system A buried power supply system for an electric vehicle (17) equipped with collector shoes (16, 22), the system comprising a succession of conductive segments (5A, 5B, 5C) that are electrically isolated from one another, and that form a conductive track for ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6206156 | Section insulator for conductor rails The contact rail assembly (1) for electrically driven vehicles has two essentially rigid contact rails (2, 2', 44) which are arranged in a line in the travel direction and are separated by a distance (L1). Two transition horns (6, 6', 45a, 45b) extend int... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6202809 | Power supply mechanism in conveyor system There is provided a power supply mechanism of a conveyor system in which power can be provided to a product placed on a pallet by conductive brushes in which said pallet is slidingly transferred to contact the conductive brushes. The power supply mechanis... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6186296 | Sleeve and mobile connection for electric supply An electrical supply device with a conduit and movable electrical connector, includes conduit sections (1) in an insulating material, in which are disposed electrical conductors (2) interconnected at the level of the junctions of the conduit sections (1);... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6179105 | Electrical model railway set In an electrical model railway set, increased electromagnetic compatibility is achieved by using AC motors without commutator and slip ring as drive motors for the model vehicles, wherein a simple structure of drive and drive control is attained by perfor... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6129028 | Electrically powered transit car A mechanism for steering a beam guided vehicle having four steerable wheels linked to a centrally located steering trolley guided by an electrified T-shape beam mounted on a structural roadbed. A trolley flexibly propelled by the vehicle follows the guide... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5868076 | Slotless electric track for vehicles An improved track and vehicle system are provided for model electric vehicles. The track system includes a number of interconnectable panels having alternate portions of negative and positive polarity conductor strips defined on a top surface thereof. The... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5845581 | Monorail system A monorail system for passenger and light freight transportation provides a support structure with an essentially planar top surface and a stabilizer guide rail having a vertical web portion supporting an upwardly outwardly extending head. The head guides... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5813351 | Racetrack structure A racetrack structure includes several track sections, the track sections are engaged with each other by hinges, therefore the racetrack can be folded for storage. Each of the track sections of the racetrack structure has PC boards provided at two ends th... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5788033 | Arrangement for supplying power to an electric locomotive An arrangement for supplying power to an electric locomotive (1) while the locomotive is passing through a section which is not spanned by a contact wire, for example, while passing through a transshipment facility. To supply power to the locomotive (1) w... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5782186 | Model motor vehicle track system and method for making the same A model vehicle course is laid out along a non-conductive, printable substrate such as a heavy paper or plastic, which is typically, but not necessarily, non-rigid. First and second conductive deposits are made along at least one of the surfaces of the su... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5224575 | Power conductor rail expansion joint A linear thermal expansion joint between two sections of power conductor rail formed of steel web and aluminum cladding about the web, each rail section longitudinally and vertically halved at the rail end through the center of the steel web creating a ma... | 07/06/1993 |
| 4632038 | Monorail vehicular system A monorail vehicular system is provided, which uses an elevated track of multipiece construction, with a central electrically insulated panel having a supporting lower metal rail, which acts as one side of an electrical supply system, and with an upper me... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4343384 | Connector apparatus for electrically conductive guide rails An improved mechanical-electrical connector apparatus (3) is disclosed which is particularly suited for joining electrical current carrying rail segments (1, 2) having an axially slotted (5, 6) tube configuration within which a sliding contact can ride. E... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4255838 | Support for electrical busbars A support for an electrical busbar, made of plastic material, has a recess for holding a busbar. The lower surface of the recess is a resiliently flexible plate supported in the middle by a rib and provided with projections at opposite sides. Adjacent to ... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4215770 | Conductive rail assembly A guide rail assembly for transmitting electrical current to a trolley or like vehicle and comprising a pair of non-linear support rail assemblies attached to one another and formed of light-weight metallic alloys, with each support rail including a band ... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4155434 | Electric conductor system for rapid transit railways A rail electrification system for electric railways utilizing 3-phase power, comprising three conductor rails arranged in a group characterized by a staggered relationship, commonly known as a delta configuration, so that two of the rails face in one dire... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4109768 | Current collector line A current collector line especially for electric trolley systems and the like wherein a support member is attached to the rail of the trolley system and includes an adapter interlocked with the bus bar and with the support member, and wherein the adapter ... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4074924 | Electrical contact system An electrical contact system that comprises a power bed consisting of a base plate having electrically conducting layers insulated from each other. Embossments are formed on the base plate. Each embossment is spaced from its neighbors so that channels are... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4053035 | Current collecting system for self-propelled carriage of aerial tramway A cable holder device for holding current-carrying cables spaced apart but biased to maintain contact with two current-collecting shoes. The shoes are mounted on a self-propelled cable car having an electric drive motor connected to the shoes and driven a... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4049092 | Current conductor system An electric current conducting bar of generally X-shaped configuration in transverse cross-section for use in an electric transmission system wherein a plurality of said bars of modular lengths, jointed in longitudinally alined end-to-end relation by vari... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4043436 | Support apparatus for electrically conductive rail A support apparatus is provided for supporting the electrically conductive power rails, ground rail and signal rail of a three-phase, five rail power collection apparatus operative with a fixed guideway transportation system including electrically propell... | 08/23/1977 |
