US Patent Issued to Daifuku on March 31 for "Transport vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,650, issued on March 31, was assigned to Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Transport vehicle" was invented by Kyota Inazumi (Hinocho, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport vehicle that transports a container while being suspended includes a lateral swing suppression device configured to abut against an outer side surface of the container that is suspended and held, and suppress a lateral swing of the container. The lateral swing suppression device includes an abutment roller configured to rotatably abut against the outer side surface of the container. A concave groove extending continuously over an entire periphery of an ...