US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on July 22 for "Automated storage and retrieval system comprising a barrier" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,543, issued on July 22, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Automated storage and retrieval system comprising a barrier" was invented by Oystein Gjerdevik (Skjold, Norway), Ole Alexander Maehle (Etne, 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 three-dimensional storage grid for storing storage containers; first and second container handling vehicles operating on the storage grid; and a central communication system for controlling and communicating with the container handling vehicles for handling storage containers in the sto...