US Patent Issued to DAIFUKU on May 19 for "Object transport system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,369, issued on May 19, was assigned to DAIFUKU Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Object transport system" was invented by Keita Yamada (Komaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to improve transport efficiency of an object transport system, an object transport system includes, a ceiling carrier configured to travel on at least travel rail and transport an object; and a transfer device including a hanging part configured to hang the object and configured to be capable of being raised and lowered, the transfer device being disposed so as to be separated from the ceiling carrier."

The patent was filed on July 10, 2023, under Applica...