US 12,129,126 B2
Device and method for detecting wear of a transport system having sliding contacts
Frank Koenig, Bochum (DE)
Assigned to Siemens Logistics GmbH, Nuremberg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/613,175
Filed by SIEMENS LOGISTICS GMBH, Nuremberg (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/058942
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/239292, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19176358 (EP), filed on May 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234837 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2019.01); B60L 5/00 (2006.01); B65G 43/00 (2006.01); G01H 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 43/00 (2013.01) [G01H 17/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for detecting wear of an airport baggage conveying system, the system comprising:
a sliding contact having a current collector and a current-carrying conductor, said current collector mounted on a vehicle configured to transport baggage to or from a baggage sorter or early baggage storage, the vehicle being supplied with energy from the current-carrying conductor via said current collector;
a background system;
a vibration sensor mounted on said current collector, configured to register vibrations when the current collector slides in contact with the current-carrying conductor during a driving motion of the vehicle along said current-carrying conductor and to wirelessly transmit the registered vibrations to said background system;
said background system configured to analyze data transmitted to said background system and to signal wear of the airport baggage conveying system on a basis of the analysis; and
wherein said registered vibrations form a vibration pattern and said background system is configured to analyze said vibration pattern to detect wear in the airport baggage conveying system.