US Patent Issued to Rockwell Automation Technologies on Feb. 3 for "Automatic tuning and control of a linear drive based independent cart system with initial value compensation" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,038, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Automatic tuning and control of a linear drive based independent cart system with initial value compensation" was invented by Yuhong Huang (Acton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller for a linear drive system includes compensation of a reference signal as the mover approaches a commanded position along a track. The compensation value is added once as the vehicle approaches the commanded position, adjusting the reference signal. This compensation allows the controller to resolve to a zero reference signal at the same ti...