ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,577, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Conveyed article posture adjustment device" was invented by Kazushi Tsujimoto (Hinocho, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In first control, a controller controls the swing angle of a first arm to cause the first arm to come in contact with a conveyed article, controls the swing angle of a second arm to cause the second arm to come in contact with the conveyed article, controls a first adjuster to apply an acceleration force to the conveyed article, and controls a second adjuster to apply a deceleration force to the conveyed article. In second control, the co...