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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masaki Takasan, Kariya, JP;
Yasuharu Odachi, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
191 10 ; 191 441 ; 191 / ; 104106 ;
Abstract
A rail is arranged along a predetermined route of a movable body. The movable body is moved by electric power fed through an electric cable wired along the rail. The rail is constituted by a plurality of rail segments. Each segment includes a body having a predetermined length and a channel-like cross section and an electric cable segment supported by the body extending in the axial direction of the body. The electric cable segment is one of a plurality of segments obtained by dividing the electric cable.