US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on April 14 for "Container handling vehicle with extendable wheel base" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,567, issued on April 14, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Container handling vehicle with extendable wheel base" was invented by Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway) and Oystein Gjerdevik (Skjold, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container handling vehicle with a cantilever solution operates on an automated storage and retrieval system. The automated storage and retrieval system includes a framework structure forming a three-dimensional storage grid structure for storing storage containers for storing items. The grid structure forms vertical storage columns each having a horizontal area defined by the ...