ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,120, issued on April 7, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"Energy recovery in stocking vehicles" was invented by Chun Cheng Liu (Changhua County, Taiwan), Guancyun Li (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Ching-Jung Chang (Taichung City, Taiwan) and Yi-Ching Lo (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stocking vehicle is provided. The stocking vehicle is configured to perform a stocking operation to transfer a first product unit from a first location to a second location. The stocking vehicle includes a stocking component. The stocking vehicle includes a motor coupled to the stocking co...