US Patent Issued on March 3 for "System and method for collaborative linear motor conveyor operation" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,910, issued on March 3.

"System and method for collaborative linear motor conveyor operation" was invented by Roger Hogan (Cambridge, Canada), Blake Robert Lambert (Cambridge, Canada) and Robert John Symmes (Cambridge, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for collaborative manufacturing system operation for a linear motor conveyor system including one or more moving elements. The system includes: at least two safety gates arranged on the linear motor conveyor system creating a collaborative area between the safety gates. Each safety gate includes: a body; two doors, one on each side of the body; an interlock conn...