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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:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Igus Gmbh, Cologne, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
igus GmbH, Cologne, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 11/00 (2006.01); F16G 13/16 (2006.01); H02G 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 11/006 (2013.01); F16G 13/16 (2013.01); H02G 3/0475 (2013.01);
Abstract
An energy guiding chain () includes at least one detection unit () for detecting wear on at least one chain link. The detection unit () according to one embodiment includes a first electric component () on a first chain link and a second electric component (), which is provided on an adjacent second chain link connected to the first chain link in an articulated manner. The first and second electric components interact in a contactless manner, for example in an inductive, magnetic, or capacitive manner, in order to change the coupling in the event of radial and/or axial play in the joint connection between the chain links due to wear.