System, aircraft or spacecraft, and method for measuring a current position of a second vehicle part relative to a first vehicle part
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1. An aircraft or spacecraft, comprising:
- a cabin management system;
passenger-related means; and
a system, comprising;
a first vehicle part, which comprises one or more primary windings;
a second vehicle part, which comprises one or more secondary windings for a magnetic interaction with the one or more primary windings and can be arranged in various positions relative to the first vehicle part;
an energy supply device, which is set up to charge the one or more primary windings with a voltage or current in a first mode of the system;
a measuring means, which is set up so as to measure a resulting current flowing through the one or more primary windings or a resulting voltage at the one or more primary windings; and
an evaluation means, which determines a current position of the second vehicle part relative to the first vehicle part as a function of the resulting current or voltage;
the evaluation means supplying the current position of the second vehicle part to the cabin management system, and the cabin management system activating the passenger-related devices which are assigned to the current position of the second vehicle part.
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Abstract
An arrangement for transmitting data and/or power between a chassis and a seat that is movably disposed on said chassis by means of a guide rail. Several primary iron half-cores that support at least one primary winding are arranged in a fixed manner within the guide rail while at least one secondary iron half-core comprising at least one secondary winding is placed on the seat. The primary half-cores are disposed within the guide rail in such a way that at least one primary and one secondary iron half-core are positioned relative to each other so as to transmit data and/or power.
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1. An aircraft or spacecraft, comprising:
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a cabin management system; passenger-related means; and a system, comprising; a first vehicle part, which comprises one or more primary windings; a second vehicle part, which comprises one or more secondary windings for a magnetic interaction with the one or more primary windings and can be arranged in various positions relative to the first vehicle part; an energy supply device, which is set up to charge the one or more primary windings with a voltage or current in a first mode of the system; a measuring means, which is set up so as to measure a resulting current flowing through the one or more primary windings or a resulting voltage at the one or more primary windings; and an evaluation means, which determines a current position of the second vehicle part relative to the first vehicle part as a function of the resulting current or voltage; the evaluation means supplying the current position of the second vehicle part to the cabin management system, and the cabin management system activating the passenger-related devices which are assigned to the current position of the second vehicle part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for measuring a current position of a second vehicle part relative to a first vehicle part, for an aircraft or spacecraft, comprising the steps:
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arranging the second vehicle part, which comprises one or more secondary windings, adjacent to the first vehicle part, which comprises one or more primary windings, in such a way that at least one secondary winding magnetically interacts with at least one primary winding; charging the one or more primary windings with a voltage or current; measuring a resulting current flowing through the one or more primary windings or a resulting voltage at the one or more primary windings; determining the current position of the second vehicle part relative to the first vehicle part as a function of the resulting current or voltage; supplying the current position of the second vehicle part to a cabin management system of the aircraft or spacecraft by means of the evaluation means, and passenger-related devices of the aircraft or spacecraft which are assigned to the current position of the second vehicle part being activated by means of the cabin management system. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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