Patents by Inventor Andreas ROTHAUG

Andreas ROTHAUG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12162693
    Abstract: A linear motor system, in particular a transport system, having a carrier, having a guide track for the carrier, having a guide rail arranged at the guide track, and having a guide element arranged at the carrier, wherein the guide rail and the guide element cooperate to guide the carrier at the guide track, a magnet is provided at the carrier and a magnet is provided at the guide track for driving the carrier along the guide track and/or for holding the carrier at the guide track, a y direction extends in parallel with a spacing between the magnets, the guide track comprises a contact surface which the guide rail contacts, and a normal of the contact surface extends with at least one component in parallel with the y direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: André Gross, Volker Muellerschoen, Stefan Ohnemus, Andreas Rothaug, Achim Waldschmitt, Jens Bunsendal
  • Publication number: 20220315345
    Abstract: The invention relates to a linear motor system, in particular a transport system, e.g. a multicarrier, having at least one carrier, having a guide track for the carrier, having a guide rail arranged at the guide track, and having a guide element arranged at the carrier, wherein the guide rail and the guide element cooperate to guide the carrier at the guide track, wherein a magnet is provided at the carrier and a magnet is provided at the guide track for driving the carrier along the guide track and/or for holding the carrier at the guide track, wherein a y direction extends in parallel with a spacing between the magnets, wherein the guide track comprises a contact surface which the guide rail contacts, and wherein a normal of the contact surface extends with at least one component in parallel with the y direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: André GROSS, Volker MUELLERSCHOEN, Stefan OHNEMUS, Andreas ROTHAUG, Achim WALDSCHMITT, Jens BUNSENDAL