ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,564, issued on April 14, was assigned to Ocado Innovation Ltd. (Hatfield, Great Britain).
"Rechargeable power source for a load handling device" was invented by Philip Corser (Hatfield, Great Britain) and Damian Flynn (Hatfield, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load handling device for lifting and moving one or more containers stacked in a storage system with a grid framework structure supporting a plurality of tracks arranged in a grid pattern to define a grid structure above the one or more stacks of containers, the load handling device including: A) a driving mechanism; B) a vehicle body housing: i) a container rece...