ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,625, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).
"System and method of circulating a gas in an automated grid based storage and retrieval system" was invented by Ivar Fjeldheim (Haugesund, Norway) and Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated grid based storage and retrieval system includes a framework structure and a plurality of storage containers. The framework structure includes upright members and a grid of horizontal rails provided at upper ends of the upright members. The framework structure defines a storage volume including a plurality of columns arranged i...