ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,532, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Transport vehicle" was invented by Yoshinari Wada (Hinocho, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first container includes a pair of first held sections serving as a pair of held sections, and a second container includes a pair of second held sections serving as a pair of held sections. A first distance between the two first held sections is smaller than a second distance between the two second held sections. A first detector is configured to detect a detection target section in the first held sections and not detect the detection target section in the second he...