Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Martinus Antonius Maria Cuppen

Antonius Maria Rijken

Ravindra Bhat

Arthur Robert Van Es

Walter Peter Bleyen

Wilhelmus Gerardus Theodorus Lommen

A cable spacer () for managing cable work in particular in machinery having a rotatable part. The spacer is capable of receiving at least part of a cable bundle to ensure that a clearance or distance between the cables is maintained even during torsion or other motion of the cable bundle.

Pivot cable solution

The present invention relates to motor assisted movement as well as to mobile X-ray systems comprising at least one bidirectional wheel. Positioning heavy objects in in particular confined spaces with high precision may be a cumbersome and tedious task. Consequently, a motor assisted movement assembly as well as an X-ray system comprising at least one bidirectional wheel is presented. According to the present invention a motor assisted movement assembly () comprising at least one bidirectional wheel () and a motor arrangement associated with the at least one bidirectional wheel () is provided. The motor assisted movement assembly () is adapted to move on a surface, wherein the at least one bidirectional wheel () is adapted to roll in at least a first direction () and in at least a second direction (), with the first direction () and the second direction () being non-parallel. The motor assisted movement assembly () is adapted to detect an indication of a desired movement () of the motor assisted movement assembly () relative to the surface and the motor arrangement is adapted to assist the movement of the motor assisted movement assembly () relative to the surface in accordance with the indication ().

Bidirectional movement assembly

A guidance chain for guiding a connection line, such as a cable, electrical cable, fiber glass cable, water line, gas line or fluid line, between parts of a medical diagnostic apparatus which are moved relative to each other, includes plural chain elements, where consecutive chain elements are moveable relative to each other about a respective imaginary or real rotation axis for realizing a folding movement of the guidance chain. The guidance chain is constructed such that it has a pre-set curvature in an unfolded state, and the radial extensions of the rotation axes are originating from substantially the same point in a folded state of the guidance chain.

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Martinus Antonius Maria Cuppen