ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,450, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).
"Track sensor arrangement" was invented by Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway), Ivar Fjeldheim (Haugesund, Norway) and Geir Korge-Harajuvet (Vikedal, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an improved track sensor arrangement for an automated vehicle operating on an automated storage and retrieval system, arranged whereby the sensor directly detects the position of the vehicle in relation to an access opening. The term "directly detects" in the context of the present invention is to be understood to mean that the gripping me...