ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,622, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).
"Gas isolated storage system" was invented by Ivar Fjeldheim (Haugesund, Norway) and Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage facility includes a storage space enclosing a storage and retrieval system, a transit space, and a first separation wall. The storage and retrieval system includes a storage grid configured to store a plurality of storage containers in vertical stacks, a first upper vehicle support extending in an upper horizontal plane above the storage grid, and a container handling vehicle configured to transp...