ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,668, issued on March 31, was assigned to Ocado Innovation Ltd. (Hatfield, Great Britain).
"Apparatus and method for charging a load handling device" was invented by James Benfold (Hatfield, Great Britain) and Robert Stadie (Hatfield, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load handling device is disclosed for lifting and moving containers stacked in a storage system having a grid framework structure supporting a pathway arranged in a grid pattern above the stacks of containers. The load handling device includes a vehicle body housing a driving mechanism, the driving mechanism being powered by a rechargeable power source elec...