US Patent Issued to Laitram on July 29 for "Hinged magnetic mover for a magnetic levitation conveyor" (Maryland, Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,280, issued on July 29, was assigned to Laitram LLC (Harahan, La.).

"Hinged magnetic mover for a magnetic levitation conveyor" was invented by Matthew L. Fourney (Laurel, Md.) and Bryant G. Ragan (Metairie, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinged magnetic mover for conveying product comprises a plurality of hingedly connected modules including magnets. The magnets form an array of X magnets alternating with Y magnets. A carryway for the hinged magnetic mover forms a stator comprising XY coils with Hall sensors for interacting with the magnets to induce a motive force on the mover."

The patent was filed on Feb. 7, 2022, under App...