US Patent Issued to SICK on Nov. 3 for "Autonomously moving transport system for transporting pallets and/or pallet cages and method of operating such an autonomously moving transport system" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,626, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SICK AG (Waldkirch, Germany).

"Autonomously moving transport system for transporting pallets and/or pallet cages and method of operating such an autonomously moving transport system" was invented by Frank Bohler (Breisach-Gundlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomously moving transport system uses a control apparatus to provide obstacle recognition so that available storage space can be used as efficiently as possible. The control apparatus comprises a data processing unit and an obstacle recognition device having a first sensor unit. The first sensor unit is configured to moni...