ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,420, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).
"Service vehicle with a vehicle pen" was invented by Jorgen Djuve Heggebo (Olen, Norway) and Kenneth Muller (Vormedal, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A service vehicle operates on a rail system of a storage and retrieval grid. The service vehicle is configured for retrieving a remotely operated vehicle for service. The service vehicle includes a first vehicle area in which the remotely operated vehicle can be received by the service vehicle while the remotely operated vehicle is still on the rail system, and a second vehicle area in which the...