US Patent Issued to Eaton Intelligent Power on July 22 for "Position hold control for a conveying process" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,402, issued on July 22, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Position hold control for a conveying process" was invented by Steven Andrew Dimino (Wauwatosa, Wis.) and Zhe Zhang (Menomonee Falls, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control apparatus for a conveying system includes: a control module configured to control a power converter coupled to a motor, and a modification module. The modification module is configured to: estimate a size parameter of an item conveyed by the motor, determine if a hold command is received; and if a hold command is received, modify one or more parameters of the control module base...