US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on Aug. 5 for "Automated storage and retrieval system and a method of transporting storage containers between an automated storage and retrieval grid and a second location" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,885, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Automated storage and retrieval system and a method of transporting storage containers between an automated storage and retrieval grid and a second location" was invented by Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated storage and retrieval system includes an automated storage and retrieval grid and a delivery system. The automated storage and retrieval grid includes a container handling vehicle rail system and a delivery column. The container handling vehicle rail system, which is for guiding a plurality of container han...