US Patent Issued to Lineage Logistics on June 30 for "Automated blast cell loading and unloading" (California, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,277, issued on June 30, was assigned to Lineage Logistics LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Automated blast cell loading and unloading" was invented by Daniel Walet (Irvine, Calif.), Alexander Ming Zhang (San Diego), Claire O'Connor (Olathe, Kan.) and Ben Philipsen (Olathe, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for blast-freezing items includes a plurality of cells arranged side-by-side, each cell including a housing with a bay space, a plenum, a front air passage, a rear air passage, and a fan. The fan is positioned in the plenum and configured to circulate air through the bay space. Each cell also includes a plurality of channels to se...