US 12,424,918 B2
Transport system, mover, control apparatus, and control method
Takeshi Yamamoto, Fujisawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/456,151.
Application 18/456,151 is a continuation of application No. 17/737,265, filed on May 5, 2022, granted, now 11,777,388.
Application 17/737,265 is a continuation of application No. 17/164,537, filed on Feb. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,374,479, issued on Jun. 28, 2022.
Application 17/164,537 is a continuation of application No. 16/531,684, filed on Aug. 5, 2019, granted, now 10,944,314, issued on Mar. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-149579 (JP), filed on Aug. 8, 2018; and application No. 2018-231005 (JP), filed on Dec. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0421037 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H02K 41/03 (2006.01); B65G 54/02 (2006.01); H02K 11/21 (2016.01); H02N 15/00 (2006.01); H02P 25/064 (2016.01)
CPC H02K 41/031 (2013.01) [B65G 54/02 (2013.01); H02K 11/21 (2016.01); H02N 15/00 (2013.01); H02P 25/064 (2016.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transport system comprising:
a mover movable in a first direction, the mover having a plurality of first magnet groups and a second magnet group, each of the first magnet groups including a plurality of first magnets arranged along a first direction and the second magnet group including a plurality of second magnets arranged along a second direction crossing the first direction; and
a stator having a coil line including a plurality of coils arranged in the first direction, the first magnet group and the second magnet group facing the coil line,
wherein the second magnet group is provided between two of the first magnet groups.