US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on May 5 for "Container handling module" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,619, issued on May 5, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Container handling module" was invented by Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway) and Amund Skalerud (Etne, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container handling module for an access station in a storage system includes a first container holder, a second container holder, a shuttle, and a rail assembly. The first and second container holders are rotatably mounted to the shuttle via a rotary shaft. Each of the first and second container holders is arranged to accommodate a storage container and is rotatable around an axis of rotation between a first angula...