ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,574, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Transfer system" was invented by Tatsuya Kawase (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer system includes a plurality of transfer path units that forms a transfer path, on which a transferring body moves, and causes the transferring body to move by giving power to the transferring body. Each of the plurality of the transfer path units includes: a drive unit that generates the power; and an inverter circuit that includes a switching element and supplies, to the drive unit, electric power obtained through electric power conversion by switching of the switc...