ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,443, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Gebhardt Fordertechnik GmbH (Sinsheim, Germany).
"Shuttle system and method for operating a shuttle system" was invented by Marco Gebhardt (Sinsheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method for operating a shuttle system, shuttles may move automatically horizontally within rack levels in a normal operating mode, and can optionally change rack levels by means of a vertical conveyor. The vertical conveyor may convey the recovery vehicle into a transfer position in a recovery vehicle mode in order to allow the recovery vehicle to be used in an adjacent rack level."
The patent was filed...