ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,603, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).
"Container-handling vehicle" was invented by Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container-handling vehicle includes a vehicle body and a lifting device for lifting a storage container from a grid. The lifting device includes a lifting band drive assembly connected to the vehicle body, a horizontal lifting frame for releasable connection to a storage container, and four lifting bands connecting the lifting band drive assembly to the lifting frame. The lifting band drive assembly includes a lifting shaft assembly having a l...