Patents by Inventor Walter Sonnerer

Walter Sonnerer 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).

  • Passenger transportation system and relative control method
    Patent number: 9919614
    Abstract: A passenger transportation system having at least one rail extending along a path; at least one trolley movable along the rail; an actuating device having a linear electric motor, in turn having at least one slide fitted to the trolley, and a linear stator extending at least partly along the path, and having an elongated body, and a quantity of power windings embedded in the elongated body; and a quantity of sensors configured to control the position of the trolley, the sensors being fitted to the elongated body and so positioned as to minimize noise generated by the power windings on the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: ROPFIN B.V.
    Inventors: Walter Sonnerer, Giuseppe Conte
  • PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND RELATIVE CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20170036562
    Abstract: A passenger transportation system having at least one rail extending along a path; at least one trolley movable along the rail; an actuating device having a linear electric motor, in turn having at least one slide fitted to the trolley, and a linear stator extending at least partly along the path, and having an elongated body, and a quantity of power windings embedded in the elongated body; and a quantity of sensors configured to control the position of the trolley, the sensors being fitted to the elongated body and so positioned as to minimize noise generated by the power windings on the sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Walter Sonnerer, Giuseppe Conte
  • Passenger transportation system and relative control method
    Patent number: 9487219
    Abstract: A passenger transportation system having at least one rail extending along a path; at least one trolley movable along the rail; an actuating device having a linear electric motor, in turn having at least one slide fitted to the trolley, and a linear stator extending at least partly along the path, and having an elongated body, and a quantity of power windings embedded in the elongated body; and a quantity of sensors configured to control the position of the trolley, the sensors being fitted to the elongated body and so positioned as to minimize noise generated by the power windings on the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: ROPFIN B.V.
    Inventors: Walter Sonnerer, Giuseppe Conte
  • PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND RELATIVE CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20150000552
    Abstract: A passenger transportation system having at least one rail extending along a path; at least one trolley movable along the rail; an actuating device having a linear electric motor, in turn having at least one slide fitted to the trolley, and a linear stator extending at least partly along the path, and having an elongated body, and a quantity of power windings embedded in the elongated body; and a quantity of sensors configured to control the position of the trolley, the sensors being fitted to the elongated body and so positioned as to minimize noise generated by the power windings on the sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Walter Sonnerer, Giuseppe Conte
  • Passenger transportation system and relative control method
    Patent number: 8849482
    Abstract: A passenger transportation system having at least one rail extending along a path; at least one trolley movable along the rail; an actuating device having a linear electric motor, in turn having at least one slide fitted to the trolley, and a linear stator extending at least partly along the path, and having an elongated body, and a quantity of power windings embedded in the elongated body; and a quantity of sensors configured to control the position of the trolley, the sensors being fitted to the elongated body and so positioned as to minimize noise generated by the power windings on the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Rolic International S.AR.L.
    Inventors: Walter Sonnerer, Giuseppe Conte
  • PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND RELATIVE CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20130054057
    Abstract: A passenger transportation system having at least one rail extending along a path; at least one trolley movable along the rail; an actuating device having a linear electric motor, in turn having at least one slide fitted to the trolley, and a linear stator extending at least partly along the path, and having an elongated body, and a quantity of power windings embedded in the elongated body; and a quantity of sensors configured to control the position of the trolley, the sensors being fitted to the elongated body and so positioned as to minimize noise generated by the power windings on the sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Rolic Invest S.AR.L.
    Inventors: Walter Sonnerer, Giuseppe Conte