ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,119, issued on Feb. 10.
"Magnetic conveyance system" was invented by Donald Burke (Kansas City, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic conveyance system comprising a support structure having a ferromagnetic capacity and a trolley moveable upon the support structure in a plurality of directions. The trolley may include a trolley frame and at least one attractor cell disposed on the trolley frame. The at least one attractor cell may comprise a housing and at least one magnet, at least one friction reducing load spreading device, and a load transfer member disposed within the housing. The magnet may provide a magnetic attraction ...