US Patent Issued on April 1 for "Linear motor conveyor system and moving elements therefor providing a reduced tooling pitch" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,022, issued on April 1.

"Linear motor conveyor system and moving elements therefor providing a reduced tooling pitch" was invented by Albert Kleinikkink (Cambridge, Canada), Roger Hogan (Cambridge, Canada) and Ian Cameron (Cambridge, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear motor conveyor system including: a track comprising a shaped guide rail; a plurality of moving elements, each moving element having: a body; at least two bearings supported by the body and configured to match with the shaped guide rail, wherein the bearings are mounted to the moving element such that the moving elements overlap along the direction of the tra...