Article: German Inventors Develop Contactless Transfer Device

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28 -- Werner Swoboda of Boeblingen, Germany, and Juergen Roeckle of Magstadt, Germany, have developed a device for the contactless transfer of electrical energy.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device with which electrical energy can be transferred from a power cable running along a stationary rail of a transport system to a moving element that can be driven along the rail. Each moving element has for this purpose a transfer head which works inductively together with the power cable."

An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The power cable is attached with the aid of carrier profile which extends substantially along ...

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