ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,788, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Article transport vehicle" was invented by Tomotaka Kinugawa (Hinocho, Japan), Hiroshi Otsuka (Hinocho, Japan), Keisuke Shiroishi (Hinocho, Japan), Koji Kawaguchi (Hinocho, Japan) and Yasushi Morikawa (Hinocho, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article transport vehicle includes a travel section, a holding section, an elevating device, an inclination detection device, an inclination adjustment device, and an inclination control device for controlling the inclination adjustment device. The inclination adjustment device is configured to act on a target belt a...