ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,787, issued on May 20, was assigned to Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Mumbai, India).

"Chassis with an integrated fork assembly for autonomous mobile robots and autonomous guided vehicles" was invented by Venkatesh Prasad Bangalore Srinivas (Bangalore, India) and Pradeep Prabhakar Kamble (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact and mast-less apparatus for an autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) or autonomous guided vehicle (AGVs). The apparatus includes a chassis having a fork assembly with a first plate and second plate, wherein the first plate is provided with a first and second set of bushings mounted thereon, a firs...