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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Leonardo S.p.a., Rome, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LEONARDO S.P.A., Rome, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61F 5/38 (2006.01); B61C 3/00 (2006.01); B61F 3/12 (2006.01); B65G 35/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61F 5/38 (2013.01); B61C 3/00 (2013.01); B61F 3/12 (2013.01); B65G 35/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wheel drive cart for a transporting and/or sorting system configured to tow a plurality of loading carts movable along a closed path, constituted by a first and a second rail parallel to each other, between a loading and unloading stations. The cart includes a pair of direct drive wheels without reducers, with each wheel including an electric motor having a stator, integral with a bracket hinged to a frame of the cart, and a rotor, a peripheral outward facing portion of which forms a cylindrical surface of the wheel designed to roll on a resting surface of a respective rail.