ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,302, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Haka Groups Participacoes De Negocios S/A (Belo Horizonte, Brazil).
"Conveyor for granular material driven by linear induction motor with double-sided primary and long sectioned secondary for belt alignment" was invented by Frederico Trad (Lima, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyor belt driven by linear motors distributed along the belt, rather than at the head thereof. These linear electric motors or of the induction type with a short primary (5) having two action sides and a long secondary (2) made of plates (8; 12) of conducting material, such as aluminium or copper. The secondar...