US Patent Issued to Amazon Technologies on July 14 for "Shuttle height monitoring systems for shuttles powered by linear synchronous motors" (British, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,673, issued on July 14, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Shuttle height monitoring systems for shuttles powered by linear synchronous motors" was invented by Alexandru Marculescu (Wingrave, Great Britain), Thys Burger (Dunstable, Great Britain) and Cristiano Ascani (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for shuttle height monitoring systems for shuttles powered by linear synchronous motors. An example system may include a track, a first sensor disposed adjacent to the track, a second sensor disposed adjacent to the track, a third sensor disposed adjacent to the second sensor, and a ...