# US 11,897,697 B2 · Integrated motorized conveyor rollers > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,897,697 B2 - Document ID: US11897697B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/454,852 - Filed: 2021-11-15 - Published: 2023-04-06 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2021-10-01 - Assignees: Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC - Applicants: Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC - Inventors: Saravanan Sadasivan; Jeyaprakash Kandasamy; Rajesh Kaliyaperumal; Ravi Kumar Avupati - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11897697B2 ## CPC - B65G 13/04: all rollers driven - B65G 23/08: with self-contained driving mechanisms, e.g. motors and associated gearing - B65G 43/10: Sequence control of conveyors operating in combination - B65G 2203/0258: Weight of the article - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) ## Abstract Apparatuses, methods and systems comprising integrated motorized conveyor rollers are provided. The example integrated motorized conveyor roller comprises: a housing; a motor assembly and a drive assembly at least partially disposed within the housing that are configured to cause rotation of at least a portion of the integrated motorized conveyor roller; at least one sensing element operatively coupled to the integrated motorized conveyor roller; and a controller component in electronic communication with the at least one sensing element, the motor assembly and the drive assembly, wherein the controller component is configured to obtain operational data via the at least one sensing element. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An integrated motorized conveyor roller comprising: a housing; a motor assembly and a drive assembly at least partially disposed within the housing that are configured to cause rotation of at least a portion of the integrated motorized conveyor roller; at least one sensing element disposed within the housing, wherein the at least one sensing element is positioned between the motor assembly and the drive assembly; and an controller component in electronic communication with the at least one sensing element, the motor assembly and the drive assembly, wherein the controller component is configured to obtain operational data via the at least one sensing element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The integrated motorized conveyor roller of claim 1, wherein the controller component is further configured to: receive configuration data from a computing entity in electronic communication with the controller component, and perform operations based at least in part on the configuration data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The integrated motorized conveyor roller of claim 1, wherein the controller component is further configured to transmit at least a portion of the operational data to a computing entity in electronic communication with the controller component. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The integrated motorized conveyor roller of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensing element comprises a load sensor that is configured to detect a presence or weight of an object disposed adjacent the integrated motorized conveyor roller. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The integrated motorized conveyor roller of claim 4, wherein the controller component is further configured to provide information regarding the presence or location of the object to at least one of another integrated motorized conveyer roller controller component or another computing entity in electronic communication therewith. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The integrated motorized conveyor roller of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensing element comprises one or more light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors, radio detection and ranging (RADAR) sensors, infrared (IR) cameras, 3D cameras, 360° cameras or photoelectric sensors. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The integrated motorized conveyor roller of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensing element is configured to detect one or more parameters associated with the motor assembly. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The integrated motorized conveyor roller of claim 7, wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least one of a lifetime motor operational time, a number of rotations, loading conditions or vibrational information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The integrated motorized conveyor roller of claim 1, wherein the controller component comprises at least one printed circuit board (PCB) stack. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The integrated motorized conveyor roller of claim 9, wherein the at least one PCB stack is integrated into an end cap of the integrated motorized conveyor roller. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The integrated motorized conveyor roller of claim 1, wherein the controller component is in electronic communication with one or more other motorized conveyor roller controller components such that they can exchange data with one another. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The integrated motorized conveyor roller of claim 11, wherein the controller component is in electronic communication with the one or more other motorized conveyor roller controller components or computing entities via a Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) or Long Range (LoRa) connection. ### Claim 13 A method comprising: receiving, by a controller component of an integrated motorized conveyor roller, configuration data from a computing entity in electronic communication with the controller component; causing, by the controller component and based at least in part on the configuration data, rotation of at least a portion of the integrated motorized conveyor roller via a motor assembly and a drive assembly at least partially disposed within a housing of the integrated motorized conveyor roller; and obtaining, by the controller component, operational data via at least one sensing element disposed within the integrated motorized conveyor roller, wherein the at least one sensing element is positioned between the motor assembly and the drive assembly. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: obtaining, by the controller component, operational data via the at least one sensing element of the integrated motorized conveyor roller. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: transmitting, by the controller component, at least a portion of the operational data to the computing entity in electronic communication with the controller component. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one sensing element comprises a load sensor that is configured to detect a presence or weight of an object disposed adjacent the integrated motorized conveyor roller. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising: providing, by the controller component, information regarding the presence or location of the object to at least one of another integrated motorized conveyer roller controller component or another computing entity in electronic communication therewith. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one sensing element comprises one or more LiDAR sensors, RADAR sensors, IR cameras, 3D cameras, 360° cameras or photoelectric sensors. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one sensing element is configured to detect one or more parameters associated with the motor assembly. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least one of a lifetime motor operational time, a number of rotations, loading conditions or vibrational information.