US Patent Issued to Rockwell Automation Technologies on Feb. 10 for "System for zero radius direction change in an independent cart system" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,506, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"System for zero radius direction change in an independent cart system" was invented by Yuhong Huang (Acton, Mass.) and Daniel I. Lanier (North Billerica, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for zero radius direction changes in an independent cart system includes a drive magnet array movably mounted to a mover. The drive magnet array includes at least one drive magnet configured to engage an electromagnetic field generated by coils extending along a track and a first engagement member for selectively positioning the drive...