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Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 16, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Yuhong Huang, Acton, MA (US);

Brian M. Perreault, Stow, MA (US);

Peter Eric Malkowski, Lancaster, MA (US);

Jatin P. Bhatt, Highland Heights, OH (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61B 13/00 (2006.01); B61L 1/02 (2006.01); B61L 25/04 (2006.01); B61L 27/04 (2006.01); B65G 54/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61B 13/00 (2013.01); B61L 1/02 (2013.01); B61L 25/04 (2013.01); B61L 27/04 (2013.01); B65G 54/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for controlling movers in a linear drive system includes a plurality of movers and a track providing segments along which the movers may travel and holding driver coils and a segment controller controlling the driver coils. Some of the segments having switches forming branches between segments. A central controller communicates operates with the segment controllers to route the movers along the track by distributing routing decisions for a given mover to a segment controller for a track on which a given mover is currently traveling.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Huang, Yuhong. (2026). System and method for mover self-navigation in an independent cart system (U.S. Patent No. 12673704). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12673704

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