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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2022
Applicant:

Turck Holding Gmbh, Halver, DE;

Inventors:

Christian Voss, Lüdenscheid, DE;

Raphael Penning, Duisburg, DE;

Markus Bregulla, Krefeld, DE;

Assignee:

TURCK Holding GmbH, Halver, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/48 (2006.01); B61L 25/00 (2006.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01); G01D 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/485 (2013.01); B61L 25/00 (2013.01); B61L 25/025 (2013.01); G01D 5/145 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to displacement measurements using magnetic displacement measurement units. In various embodiments, the disclosed displacement measurement unit is configured to determine a displacement position of a vehicle along a guideway. In various embodiments, the displacement measurement unit includes a set of locator devices that are distributed at fixed displacement positions along the guideway, where a given locator device includes a magnetic element configured to produce a corresponding magnetic field. Further, in various embodiments, the displacement measurement unit includes a position sensor that is attached to the vehicle, where the position sensor is configured to detect a magnetic field produced one or more of the locator devices when the position sensor is brought within a detection range of one or more locator devices.


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