A controller and a method for controlling casters attached to a movable part such as a hospital bed, for switching the castors between a state in which the castor is pivot locked and rotationally blocked, and a state in which there is neither a pivot locking nor a rotational blocking, additionally switchable into a state in which the caster is only pivot locked, actuatable electrically and also manually, movement sensor. Multiple switching states may be automatically and sequentially assumed in a predetermined sequence, a first switching state in which there is neither a pivot locking nor a rotational blocking, which a second switching state, in which one or more or all castors are pivot locked, however not rotationally blocked, and finally a switching state, in which all switchable casters are again pivot locked and rotationally blocked.


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    Title :

    CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CASTERS ATTACHED TO A MOVABLE PART


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    Publication date :

    2024-06-20


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60B VEHICLE WHEELS , Räder für Fahrzeuge / A61G TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS , Transport, persönliche Beförderungsmittel, oder Lagerung besonders ausgebildet für Kranke oder Behinderte



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