ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,538, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Transport system and method for constructing transport system" was invented by Yasunobu Matsuo (Shiga, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is possible to easily carry out construction of an upper rail. A transport system is configured to include: a lower rail that allows a transport device to travel thereon; an upper rail that guides the transport device; a beam part that is spanned between a pair of storage shelves installed on corresponding opposite sides of the lower rail; and an attachment part, the beam part having a groove portion that allows a fastenin...