US Patent Issued to INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS on Feb. 4 for "Speed control system for peripheral conveyors of sorter systems" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,969, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS LLC (Mason, Ohio).

"Speed control system for peripheral conveyors of sorter systems" was invented by Sang Pheng (Cincinnati), Daniel Siemer (Kings Mills, Ohio), Timothy Williams (Lebanon, Ohio) and Lyle Webster (South Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A speed control system for sorters (e.g. sliding shoe sorters) comprises a sensor for measuring a sorter current speed of a sorter and a speed controller for setting peripheral conveyor commanded speeds for peripheral conveyors in communication with the sorter. During acceleration or deceleration of the sorter (...