Overhead support structure for intelligent locomotion for objects and equipment along two or more axes of movement

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 elong...

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Hauptverfasser:	Baker, Youssef F, Hixon, Nathaniel W, White, Sean P, Ramer, David P, Eegholm, Niels G, Megginson, Daniel M, Kastee, Jenish S
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BLASTING CRANES ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES ORAPPARATUS NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUSPROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS HAULING HEATING HOISTING LIFTING LIGHTING LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS,WINCHES, OR TACKLES MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PERFORMING OPERATIONS POWER SUPPLY LINES, AND DEVICES ALONG RAILS, FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES STANDS OR SUPPORTS THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL TRANSPORTING VEHICLES IN GENERAL WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	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 surface can include a plurality of protuberances arranged in rows that are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the elongated body, and in columns that are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the elongated body. The track modules can be connected to a power source and include electrical contacts that provide electricity to self-propelled units that travel along the track system.