US Patent Issued to Rockwell Automation Technologies on Oct. 20 for "Systems and methods for synchronous motor system diagnostics" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,968, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for synchronous motor system diagnostics" was invented by Yuhong Huang (Acton, Mass.), Michaela R. Kaufmann (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Daniel I. Lanier (North Billerica, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting linear drive system faults includes a track, a calibrated inspection apparatus, and processing circuitry. The track includes track segments defining a path along which movers travel. Drive coils induce travel of the movers along the track. The calibrated inspection apparatus includes (i) ...