ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,340, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).
"Automatically guided vehicle" was invented by Marcus Gutzmer (Garbsen, Germany), Uwe Krause (Pattensen, Germany) and Andreas Luddeke (Hannover, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatically guided vehicle designed as a floor-bound conveying means which is automatically controlled and guided in a contact-free manner for use in a hall includes a travel drive having a travel converter and a dynamo-electric machine, with the travel converter including a printed circuit board. The dynamo-electric machine is connected to wheels of the vehicle. A sensor is arranged or f...