A conductor line for supplying an electric load movable on the conductor line in the longitudinal direction of the conductor line, includes at least one conductor strand which runs in the longitudinal direction and has an electrically conductive profiled conductor section for contacting a sliding contact of a current collector of the load and at least one elongated slotted waveguide, which runs in the longitudinal direction, with a longitudinal slot for receiving an antenna which can be moved together with the load. A related current collector and a conductor line system are also provided. The aim is to allow a compact and material-saving design with good fault-tolerant transmission. This is achieved by a conductor line in which the longitudinal slot is tilted by an angle which does not equal 90° about the longitudinal direction with respect to a movement plane on which the current collector can be moved, by a current collector in which the antenna or a part thereof is completely or partly tilted by an angle which also does not equal 90° about the longitudinal direction with respect to the movement plane, and by a conductor line system including such a conductor line and current collector.

A conductor line for supplying an electric load movable on the conductor line in the longitudinal direction of the conductor line, includes at least one conductor strand which runs in the longitudinal direction and has an electrically conductive profiled conductor section for contacting a sliding contact of a current collector of the load and at least one elongated slotted waveguide, which runs in the longitudinal direction, with a longitudinal slot for receiving an antenna which can be moved together with the load. A related current collector and a conductor line system are also provided. The aim is to allow a compact and material-saving design with good fault-tolerant transmission. This is achieved by a conductor line in which the longitudinal slot is tilted by an angle which does not equal 90° about the longitudinal direction with respect to a movement plane on which the current collector can be moved, by a current collector in which the antenna or a part thereof is completely or partly tilted by an angle which also does not equal 90° about the longitudinal direction with respect to the movement plane, and by a conductor line system including such a conductor line and current collector.

A support structure provides two or more axes of intelligent locomotion for a movable object on the support structure. The support structure can include a track system made up of a plurality of identically configured track modules that are connected end-to-end. Each track module can include an elongated body defining a longitudinal axis and having two ends. Each end can include at least one beveled edge and at least one track surface extending longitudinally along the elongated body. The track modules can be connected to a power source and include electrical contacts that provide electricity to movable objects that travel along the track system.

A support structure provides two or more axes of intelligent locomotion for a movable object on the support structure. The support structure can include a track system made up of a plurality of identically configured track modules that are connected end-to-end. Each track module can include an elongated body defining a longitudinal axis and having two ends. Each end can include at least one beveled edge and at least one track surface extending longitudinally along the elongated body. The track modules can be connected to a power source and include electrical contacts that provide electricity to movable objects that travel along the track system.

The invention relates to a rack storage system comprising a storage rack (1) with storage shelves (12a, 12b) having storage spaces (17) for articles in rack stages (16) lying one above the other with a rack aisle (15) extending in between. Several guide tracks with first and second guide rails run along the rack aisle (15) (27, 28). First and second conveyor vehicles (3a, 3b) can be moved on the guide tracks, each of the conveyor vehicles (3a, 3b) having a drive motor (65a, 65b) and an electronic control unit (66a, 66b) and being controllable independently of one another. The first guide rail (27) is equipped with a first contact line arrangement (67) and the second guide rail (28) is equipped with a second contact line arrangement (68), each of the contact line arrangements (67, 68) comprising dedicated contact lines (69, 70). For energy and/or data supplying purposes, current collectors (71a) of the first conveyor vehicle (3a) contact the contact lines (69) of the first contact line arrangement (67) and current collectors (71b) of the second conveyor vehicle (3b) contact the contact lines (70) of the second contact line arrangement (68). The first conveyor vehicle (3a) and the second conveyor vehicle (3b) can be moved simultaneously and independently of one another on the same conveying track.

The invention relates to a rack storage system comprising a storage rack (1) with storage shelves (12a, 12b) having storage spaces (17) for articles in rack stages (16) lying one above the other with a rack aisle (15) extending in between. Several guide tracks with first and second guide rails run along the rack aisle (15) (27, 28). First and second conveyor vehicles (3a, 3b) can be moved on the guide tracks, each of the conveyor vehicles (3a, 3b) having a drive motor (65a, 65b) and an electronic control unit (66a, 66b) and being controllable independently of one another. The first guide rail (27) is equipped with a first contact line arrangement (67) and the second guide rail (28) is equipped with a second contact line arrangement (68), each of the contact line arrangements (67, 68) comprising dedicated contact lines (69, 70). For energy and/or data supplying purposes, current collectors (71a) of the first conveyor vehicle (3a) contact the contact lines (69) of the first contact line arrangement (67) and current collectors (71b) of the second conveyor vehicle (3b) contact the contact lines (70) of the second contact line arrangement (68). The first conveyor vehicle (3a) and the second conveyor vehicle (3b) can be moved simultaneously and independently of one another on the same conveying track.

A busbar for a conductor line for supplying electrical power to an electrical load which can be moved along the conductor line. To reduce the wear on the busbar and the sliding body that slides along the conductor line by decreasing the friction between these two components, a busbar, on which the surface of the side of the busbar intended to make contact with a sliding body of a current collector has at least one groove-shaped depression, which, at least in certain sections, runs at an oblique angle relative to the longitudinal direction of the busbar, with the longitudinal direction defined by the intended direction of movement of the sliding body.

A battery charging assembly includes a load management system, a charging cord with a battery connector, and circuitry for detecting thermal buildup. The load management system monitors the heat buildup in a coiled portion of the charging cord and issues a corresponding signal to control the current flowing through the cord.

The present invention provides a three-phase power supply and collection device for a maglev train. A cross beam is arranged at the middle part of the bogie of the maglev train, and the lower surface of the cross beam is provided with three sets of longitudinal bearing seats, and three insulating bushes, three collector shoes and three power supply rails corresponding to the longitudinal bearing seats; the two ends of the horizontal part of each insulating bush is a rotating shaft structure, and the vertical part of the insulating bush is a hollow tubular structure; the upper part of each collector shoe is the shoe handle, the lower part is the shoe body, and the bottom of the shoe body is in a concave semicircular shape; the top surface of each power supply rail is in a convex semicircular shape.

An insulating track segment for a ground power supply system includes a body made of an electric current insulating material. The insulating track segment constitutes a portion of an insulating track for forming a continuous sliding surface for a pad of a vehicle powered by the ground power supply system.