ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,411, issued on May 6.
"System and method for moving element transport in a conveyor system" was invented by Roger Hogan (Cambridge, Canada), Albert Kleinikkink (Cambridge, Canada) and Blake Robert Lambert (Cambridge, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transporting system and method for a linear motor conveyor system, wherein the conveyor system includes at least one moving element and at least one track on which the moving element moves, the transporting system including: a rotatable element; a motor for rotating the rotatable element; a coupler connected to the rotatable element, wherein the coupler is configured to engage with...