ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,431, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to MIRLE AUTOMATION Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Overhead hoist transfer system, overhead hoist transfer, moving kit" was invented by Yen-Wen Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Cheng-Yi Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chuan-Ming Chung (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Cheng-Cheng Lo (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overhead hoist transfer system and an overhead hoist transfer. The overhead hoist transfer system includes a plurality of lower rails, a plurality of upper rail sets, and a plurality of overhead hoist transfers. The overhead hoist transfer includes a moving kit and a frame. The moving kit includes a ...