ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,749, issued on June 23, was assigned to ABB SCHWEIZ AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Loading and unloading for automatic guided vehicle" was invented by Funing Hu (Shanghai) and Dong Wu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of present disclosure relate to a receiving station, an automatic guided vehicle (AGV), a pallet for use therewith, a conveying system, and a method for conveyance control. The receiving station comprises a carriage adapted to hook a pallet. The receiving station further comprises linear drive equipment operable to move the carriage in a first direction away from an AGV to load the pallet from the AGV or m...