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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2018
Applicant:

Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);

Inventors:

Mark R. Cooper, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

David D. Van Dorpe, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Patrick E. Ozimek, Mequon, WI (US);

Shankernarayan Ramanarayanan, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Assignee:

Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 23/14 (2006.01); B61C 3/00 (2006.01); B61L 25/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 23/14 (2013.01); B61C 3/00 (2013.01); B61L 25/04 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0291 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0216 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for motion control of movers in an independent cart system is disclosed. In one implementation, the independent cart system includes a plurality of track segments, each section having a respective controller. One of the controllers receives a motion command for a plurality of carts, respectively. The controller generates a force command for each of the plurality of carts and transmits the respective commands to the track segments commutating the plurality of carts.


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