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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2015
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
David Arthur Ogle, II, Bridgeport, TX (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Linear induction motor-driven divert mechanisms may be installed or associated with conveying systems and may cause a change in velocity of one or more objects (i.e., a change in direction and/or a change in speed) to passing through the conveying systems. The divert mechanisms may include one or more spherical rotors including magnetizable slugs, and the spherical rotors may be rotatably positioned above positioned above one or more stator plates. Energizing one or more of the stator plates causes the corresponding spherical rotors to rotate in a given direction. Therefore, the divert mechanism may be used to transport or direct objects within conveying systems by controlling the rotation and angular velocity of one or more of the spherical rotors, which may impart motion to the objects.