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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2023
Ats Corporation, Cambridge, CA;
Roger Hogan, Cambridge, CA;
Blake Robert Lambert, Cambridge, CA;
Anton Dolgovykh, Cambridge, CA;
Braden Jon Guenther, Cambridge, CA;
Philip David Munroe, Cambridge, CA;
Albert John Kleinikkink, Cambridge, CA;
Kenneth Wayne Nicholson, Cambridge, CA;
ATS CORPORATION, Cambridge, CA;
Abstract
A conveyor system and method for controlling the same. The conveyor system includes: at least one moving element; a track including: a straight track section with a first mechanism for moving the moving element; and a curved track section connected to the straight track section including a second mechanism for moving the moving element; and a controller configured to control a speed of the moving element as the moving element moves from the straight track section to the curved track section and vice versa such that a velocity profile of the moving element includes a sinusoidal portion to provide a transition from straight to rotary motion or from rotary to straight motion having a linear position profile. In the method, the controller controls at least one of the first mechanism and the second mechanism to move the moving element according to the velocity profile including the sinusoidal portion.