ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,625, issued on March 31, was assigned to ABB SCHWEIZ AG (Baden, Switzerland).
"Permanent magnet arrangement of a shuttle" was invented by Michael Reinthaler (Eggelsberg, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A permanent magnet arrangement of a shuttle for a linear and/or planar motor. The permanent magnet arrangement includes a large number of permanent magnets arranged on at least one magnet area. The permanent magnets form an alternating sequence of magnetic strips of different polarities in a central region of the magnet area. At least one end magnet body is arranged at an edge of the magnet area between the central region and t...