US 12,134,531 B2
Linear motor conveyor system for clean/aseptic environments
Louis Ian Cameron, Cambridge (CA); Albert Kleinikkink, Cambridge (CA); Roger Hogan, Cambridge (CA); Martin John Juritsch, Cambridge (CA); Bradley James Woodward, Cambridge (CA); and Blake Robert Lambert, Cambridge (CA)
Filed by ATS Corporation, Cambridge (CA)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/460,096.
Application 18/460,096 is a continuation of application No. 17/940,114, filed on Sep. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,745,961.
Application 17/940,114 is a continuation of application No. 16/944,951, filed on Jul. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,440,748, issued on Sep. 13, 2022.
Application 16/944,951 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CA2019/050142, filed on Feb. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/625,692, filed on Feb. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406650 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 54/02 (2006.01); B65G 21/20 (2006.01); B65G 21/22 (2006.01); H02K 9/08 (2006.01); H02K 41/03 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 54/02 (2013.01) [B65G 21/2054 (2013.01); B65G 21/22 (2013.01); H02K 9/08 (2013.01); H02K 41/03 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0266 (2013.01); B65G 2203/042 (2013.01); B65G 2207/48 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A moving element for a linear motor conveyor system comprising:
a body;
a first set of metal bearings attached to the body and angled to abut against a first guide rail of a conveyor system having a protrusion with opposing angled profiles;
a second set of metal bearings attached to the body and designed to abut against a flat profile of a second guide rail of the conveyor system; and
a dry lubricant provided to the body and configured to lubricate a bearing surface of the linear motor conveyor system supporting the first set of bearings.