US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on July 15 for "Automated storage and retrieval system comprising container identification means and methods of identifying a container or a vehicle" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,721, issued on July 15, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Automated storage and retrieval system comprising container identification means and methods of identifying a container or a vehicle" was invented by Jorgen Djuve Heggebo (Olen, Norway), Ivar Fjeldheim (Haugesund, Norway) and Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle, which is for use in an automated storage and retrieval system, includes a transport mechanism and a lifting device. The transport mechanism is for transporting the vehicle along a first guiding system in a first direction and a second guiding system in a s...