US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on April 29 for "Automated storage and retrieval system comprising a flow path extending through a plurality of stacked containers" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,638, issued on April 29, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Automated storage and retrieval system comprising a flow path extending through a plurality of stacked containers" was invented by Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated grid based storage and retrieval system includes a storage grid and a plurality of storage containers for storing product items therein. In the storage grid, the storage containers are stacked vertically in stacks arranged beneath openings of a grid-based rail system to provide storage columns of a storage volume. The storage volume includes a flo...