ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,147, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to AUTOMHA S.P.A. (Azzano San Paolo (Bergamo), Italy).
"Device for picking and/or depositing items for automated warehouses" was invented by Paolo Del Popolo (Azzano San Paolo, Italy) and Enrico Comotti (Azzano San Paolo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for picking or depositing an item from or into a compartment of an automated warehouse has first moving means for moving the device along a main direction and primary electrical power supply means having a pair of forks moved by second moving means along a transverse direction between a retracted position and an extended position. Eac...