ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,988, issued on April 7, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).
"Method of braking automated guided vehicle, and automated guided vehicle" was invented by Jonatan Blom (Sundbyberg, Sweden) and Jonas Larsson (Vasteras, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of braking an AGV, the AGV including a support structure and at least three drive units connected to the support structure, wherein each drive unit includes a wheel rotatable about a wheel axis and about a steering axis perpendicular to the wheel axis; an electric wheel motor arranged to drive the wheel about the wheel axis; a wheel sensor device arranged to de...