US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on June 16 for "Container handling vehicle with cantilever construction and automated storage and retrieval system comprising a plurality of the container handling vehicles" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,936, issued on June 16, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Container handling vehicle with cantilever construction and automated storage and retrieval system comprising a plurality of the container handling vehicles" was invented by Jorgen Djuve Heggebo (Olen, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-dimensional rail system includes a first set of parallel rails arranged to guide movement of container handling vehicles in a first direction across the top of the frame structure, and a second set of parallel rails arranged perpendicular to the first set of rails to guide movement of the container handling...