US Patent Issued to Accu-Assembly on May 19 for "Vertical component storage system" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,363, issued on May 19, was assigned to Accu-Assembly Inc. (Andover, Mass.).

"Vertical component storage system" was invented by Yuen-Foo Michael Kou (Melrose, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations of the present disclosure include a component storage and retrieval system that includes a storage stack, an operator access station, and an automated elevator. The storage stack defines discrete tray storage locations. The operator access station includes a surface adapted to support a tray. The automated elevator moves a tray from the access station surface to a designated one of the discrete tray storage locations, and retr...