US 11,754,578 B2
Modular transport plane and laboratory distribution system
Christopher William Bates, Tamm (DE); and Thomas Martin, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed by Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/643,435.
Claims priority of application No. 20215886 (EP), filed on Dec. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0196692 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 35/04 (2006.01); B65G 54/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 35/04 (2013.01) [B65G 54/02 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0477 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular transport plane with a plurality of transport module units, each transport module unit comprising an actuator assembly with a back iron, and with an infrastructure system arranged below the transport module units and supporting the transport module units on a floor, characterized in that the transport module units are floatingly connected to the infrastructure system to allow a relative horizontal movement between the transport module units and the infrastructure system, wherein neighboring transport module units are connected via the back irons for a horizontal force transmission between neighboring transport module units in response to a relative horizontal movement between neighboring transport module units.