Data Conductor Mounting for Interference Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing energy transmission systems require complex rail constructions and separate holders for data conductors, limiting flexibility, upgradeability, and reliability in data transmission due to the need for close spatial proximity between antennas and receivers, which leads to interference and installation challenges.
Innovation Solution
A holder for data conductors that can be fastened to a conductor rail at a distance, allowing for easy installation, retrofitting, and maintaining a constant distance from the conductor rail, thereby reducing interference and enhancing data transmission reliability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate data lines are arranged along the conductor rail with antennas engaging the data conductor, then data transmission is achieved, but the spatial proximity requirement (centimeter range) causes transmission interference and limits system flexibility
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a magnetic coupling mechanism as an intermediary between the data conductor and antenna. The data conductor generates a magnetic field that couples inductively with the antenna, enabling data transmission without direct spatial proximity. This magnetic field intermediary eliminates the harmful effect of requiring centimeter-range proximity while maintaining reliable data transmission.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical contact-based data transmission system with an inductive coupling system. Instead of requiring physical contact or extremely close proximity between data conductor and antenna, the system uses electromagnetic induction to transmit data through a magnetic field, substituting the mechanical proximity requirement with a field-based transmission mechanism that is less susceptible to interference.
2Reliability
If a completely separate holder for the data conductor is attached away from the actual conductor rails, then data transmission is possible, but the rail construction becomes complex and retrofitting is difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the data conductor holder with the existing conductor rail structure. The holder is designed to be attached directly to the conductor rail at the same location where the antenna is positioned, combining the support function for both the conductor rail and data conductor into a single integrated structure. This eliminates the need for completely separate holders and reduces overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder design is made universal by creating a single structure that serves multiple functions: supporting the conductor rail, mounting the data conductor, and providing attachment points for the antenna. This multi-functional holder can be used across different conductor rail configurations, simplifying both installation and retrofitting processes.
3Reliability
If the data conductor is held at a constant distance from the conductor rail, then alignment is maintained, but the holder design becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is designed with a U-shaped profile that wraps around the conductor rail, creating a stable mounting position for the data conductor at a constant distance from the rail. The U-shaped structure provides inherent positional stability without requiring additional complex alignment mechanisms, as the geometry itself ensures the data conductor maintains the correct distance and orientation relative to the conductor rail.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables a compact, efficient, and reliable data transmission system that is less prone to interference, allowing for easy installation and maintenance, and supports flexible alignment with the conductor rail, ensuring consistent data transmission.
Implementation Method 1
maintaining a constant distance from the conductor rail, thereby reducing interference
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AI summary
The invention relates to a mounting for a data conductor on a conductor strand of a conductor line. The invention further relates to an energy transmission system for transmitting electrical energy between a conductor line (8) and an electrical consumer that can be moved along the conductor line (8) and has at least one data conductor (14; 114) guided along the conductor line (8) and at least one antenna (13; 113) arranged on the consumer, and to a data transmission system for contactless local data transmission between at least one data conductor (14; 114) guided along a conductor line (8) and at least one antenna (13; 113) arranged on an electrical consumer that can be moved along the conductor line (8). The invention solves the problem of enabling a compact construction, simple, fast fitting and retrofitting of an energy transmission system and reliable data transmission in an energy transmission system by means of a mounting having a mounting means that is adapted to an outer contour of the conductor strand (7; 117) for fastening the mounting (16; 116) to the conductor strand (7; 117) and a fastening means for fastening the data conductor (14; 114) to the mounting (16; 116) at a distance from the conductor strand (7; 117), and by means of an energy transmission system and a data transmission system, which comprise a multiplicity of mountings (16, 16', 16''; 116) for mounting the data conductor (14; 114) at an invariant distance from a conductor strand (7) of the conductor line (8).