US Patent Issued to FUYO JITSUGYO on March 31 for "Work unit replacement system and work unit replacement station" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,256, issued on March 31, was assigned to FUYO JITSUGYO Co. LTD. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Work unit replacement system and work unit replacement station" was invented by Saichiro Yamashita (Yamanashi, Japan) and Yasushi Miyashita (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention easily and quickly replaces a work unit for an automated guided vehicle. A work unit replacement system includes an automated guided vehicle and a work unit replacement station. This work unit replacement station includes: a first work unit fixing portion; a second work unit fixing portion; a first support portion that partially supports the ...