US Patent Issued to IMS GEAR on Nov. 3 for "Method for operating a driverless transport system, supply device and transport system" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,973, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to IMS GEAR SE & Co. KGAA (Donaueschingen, Germany).

"Method for operating a driverless transport system, supply device and transport system" was invented by Marco Werschler (Raolfzell am Bodensee, Germany) and Steve Hwang (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for operating a driverless transport system (1) with a plurality of battery-operated and driverless vehicles (3) for transporting a consignment of goods (6) over a drivable logistics region (10) having a supply device (2), the supply device (2) having at least one receptacle (20) which recei...