US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on June 16 for "Access station" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,937, issued on June 16, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Access station" was invented by Amund Skalerud (Etne, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An access station for a storage system includes at least one container holder arranged to rotate about an axis of rotation. The axis of rotation is inclined at a first angle relative to a vertical. The container holder is arranged to accommodate a storage container and is configured such that a centreline of the storage container when supported by the container holder is inclined at a second angle relative to the axis of rotation. The container holder may ro...