ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,072, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).

"Transport system and cargo vehicle" was invented by Akihiko Moriya (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport system transports luggage between a cargo vehicle and a transport robot. The transport system includes: container unit that accommodates the luggage in a luggage compartment to be arranged in a longitudinal direction; a door unit that opens and closes in a lateral direction; a conveyor unit that retrieves the luggage from the luggage compartment in the lateral direction through the door unit to transfer the luggage to the transport ro...