ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,070, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).
"Storage system" was invented by Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container lift for a container storage and retrieval system includes a lifting assembly. The lifting assembly is suspended from one or more lifting elements and is arranged to be raised or lowered in order to raise or lower an accompanying storage container within the storage and retrieval system. The lifting assembly includes a lifting frame part for releasable attachment to a storage container, and a guide shuttle arranged to guide the lifting frame part ...