US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC on May 5 for "Linear conveyance system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,634, issued on May 5, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Linear conveyance system" was invented by Yuichiro Nakamura (Tokyo), Shinichi Yamaguchi (Tokyo) and Hideaki Arita (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear conveyance system includes a plurality of stator modules forming a conveyance path, and a mover including a plurality of magnets disposed on both side surfaces. The plurality of stator modules includes a one-side stator module and a both-side stator module, the one-side stator module being disposed on one side of a non-branch portion of the conveyance path, the both-side stator module being disposed on bo...