US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on June 23 for "Vehicle for transporting storage containers in an automated storage and retrieval system" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,312, issued on June 23, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Vehicle for transporting storage containers in an automated storage and retrieval system" was invented by Jorgen Djuve Heggebo (Olen, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remotely operated vehicle for transporting a storage container on a rail system of an automated storage and retrieval system. The vehicle includes a first set of drivers for moving the vehicle along a first direction on the rail system and a second set of drivers for moving the vehicle along a second direction on the rail system, the second direction being perpendicular to the ...