ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,558, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Transfer system" was invented by Tatsuya Kawase (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer system includes a plurality of transfer path units forming a transfer path on which one or a plurality of transferring bodies moves. Each of the plurality of the transfer path units includes a plurality of drive units that is energized to generate thrust for moving the transferring body, and a processor that determines whether or not each of the plurality of the drive units is in an overload state and also determines whether or not the transfer path unit is in the...