US Patent Issued to Rockwell Automation Technologies on Jan. 20 for "Thrust monitoring in a linear drive for independent cart system" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,578, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Thrust monitoring in a linear drive for independent cart system" was invented by Yuhong Huang (Acton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A level of thrust generated in a linear drive system is monitored by receiving an analog feedback signal at a controller from a position sensor mounted along a track for the linear drive system. The analog feedback signal varies as a function of a position of a mover traveling along the track, and the controller receives the analog feedback signal as the mover travels between a first position a...