US Patent Issued to BAADER Food Systems USA on Sept. 23 for "Systems and methods for object processing using levitation" (Missouri, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,315, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to BAADER Food Systems USA Inc. (Kansas City, Kan.).

"Systems and methods for object processing using levitation" was invented by Ryan John Foltz (Bucyrus, Kan.) and Ryan Wesley O'Dell (Weatherby Lake, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for object processing using magnetic levitation includes moving carriers with drive magnets across an array of planar motors. Food items on the carriers are moved through processing steps. The system determines the weight of multiple food items and coordinates and arranges for the batching of food items totaling a desired weight from an assemb...