US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on Jan. 27 for "Express bin lift for automated storage system" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,112, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Express bin lift for automated storage system" was invented by Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lift system for an automated storage system of the type where storage containers are stacked in storage columns arranged in a grid, and where automated container handling vehicles retrieve and replace containers from a top level of the grid. The lift system has a platform vertically movable adjacent to a face of the grid, arranged for receiving and transporting one or more containers. A dedicated mechanical device is arrange...