US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on March 24 for "Access station for an automated storage and retrieval system and method for using same" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,673, issued on March 24, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Access station for an automated storage and retrieval system and method for using same" was invented by Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway), Ivar Fjeldheim (Haugesund, Norway), Magne Hatteland (Stavanger, Norway) and Simen Aarseth (Stavanger, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An access station, which is for presentation of a storage container from an automated storage and retrieval system to a picker, includes an access module, a drawer, a first actuator, and a second actuator. The access module includes a frame defining a drawer compartment provi...