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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
May. 24, 2021
Applicant:
Beckhoff Automation Gmbh, Verl, DE;
Inventors:
Thomas Luthe, Verl, DE;
Tobias Weber, Verl, DE;
Klaus Neumann, Gütersloh, DE;
Alexander Weddemann, Lippstadt, DE;
Hubertus Pennekamp, Gütersloh, DE;
Eva Wiedner, Hövelhof, DE;
Assignee:
Beckhoff Automation GmbH, Verl, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 25/064 (2016.01); H02K 41/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 25/064 (2016.02); H02K 41/031 (2013.01); H02K 2201/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device and a method for determining a travel path for at least one mover on a drive surface, the mover comprising at least one second magnetic field generator, the device comprising a plurality of plate-shaped sectors, where the sectors comprise magnetic field generators for generating magnetic fields, and where the sectors form the drive surface. At least one virtual path network is provided on the drive surface, where a travel path for a mover is determined on the path network.