ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,171, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Intelligrated Headquarters LLC (Mason, Ohio).
"Sensing system for a conveyor and a method thereof" was invented by Benjamin Russ (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensing system for a conveyor having at least a first chain for propelling the conveyor is disclosed. The sensing system comprises at least a first sensor to detect each of a first plurality of chain links moving past the first sensor. The sensing system further comprises at least one processor configured to determine a count of the first plurality of chain links detected by the first sensor; determine a first elapsed time ...