ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,845, issued on May 12, was assigned to SHINANO KENSHI K.K. (Nagano, Japan).

"Unmanned conveying apparatus" was invented by Koichi Ichiki (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide an unmanned conveying apparatus that achieves low flooring of a vehicle body and enlarges a placing space for a load and is capable of stably traveling without driving wheels rising even if an inclination or unevenness is present on a traveling surface. There is provided an unmanned conveying apparatus that is loaded with a load on a loading section supported by a base section and travels and conveys the load to a designated point. First auxili...