ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,722, issued on March 17, was assigned to Beckhoff Automation GmbH (Verl, Germany).
"Energy transmission in a linear transport system" was invented by Uwe Prussmeier (Lemgo, Germany), Andreas Brinker (Bakum, Germany), Irina Stockem (Gutersloh, Germany) and Thomas Vorbohle (Rietberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for transferring energy from a stationary unit to a movable unit of a linear transport system. The system includes a guide rail for guiding the movable unit, a plurality of stationary units, a controller, and a linear motor for driving the movable unit along the guide rail. The linear motor inclu...