US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on Sept. 15 for "Container handling vehicle for handling a delivery container stored within a storage container and a method thereof" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,253, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Container handling vehicle for handling a delivery container stored within a storage container and a method thereof" was invented by Ivar Fjeldheim (Haugesund, Norway), Ingvar Fagerland (Kolnes, Norway), Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway) and Jorgen Djuve Heggebo (Langhus, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container handling vehicle is fitted with a coupler for coupling to a delivery container and/or to a storage container. The coupler includes a coupler frame, a delivery container gripper, and a storage container gripper. The delivery containe...