US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on July 15 for "Container handling vehicle with direct drive on lifting axle(s), associated methods and system" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,720, issued on July 15, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Container handling vehicle with direct drive on lifting axle(s), associated methods and system" was invented by Ivar Fjeldheim (Haugesund, Norway), Borge Bekken (Haugesund, Norway) and Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated storage and retrieval system includes a plurality of stacks of storage containers arranged in storage columns, and a container handling vehicle. The container handling vehicle includes a transport mechanism for transport of the vehicle, and a lifting assembly for picking up storage containers f...