US Patent Issued to Daifuku on July 28 for "Transporter" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,099, issued on July 28, was assigned to Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Transporter" was invented by Yosuke Fujiwara (Komaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transporter transfers a target object to and from a roller conveyor including a plurality of rollers and a support frame. The transporter includes a holder including a support, a restrictor that restricts movement of the target object in a transport direction, and an open-close assembly that opens and closes the restrictor. The open-close assembly includes a movable member and a linkage. The support includes an insert portion placeable, with the holder at a first positi...