US Patent Issued to B&R Industrial Automation on Sept. 15 for "Electromagnetic transport system with stator drive modules connected by cables with empty conduits" (Austrian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,794, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to B&R Industrial Automation GmbH (Eggelsberg, Austria).

"Electromagnetic transport system with stator drive modules connected by cables with empty conduits" was invented by Thomas Tutschka (Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria) and Marc-Frederick Froese (Constance, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic transport system includes a stator and at least one transport unit movable along the stator. The stator includes at least one drive module with an airtight housing where a plurality of drive coils are arranged. A supply cable connects the stator or the at least one drive module to ...