US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on Oct. 20 for "Assembly, a storage module and an automated storage and retrieval system" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,440, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Assembly, a storage module and an automated storage and retrieval system" was invented by Ingvar Fagerland (Kolnes, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly includes a goods holder having a front side and a storage cell for storing the goods holder. At least a section of the front side is movable so as to allow access into the interior of the goods holder. The storage cell is provided with a locking mechanism configured to engage with the movable section of the front side of the stored goods holder so as to secure the movable section. The ...