US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on June 3 for "Container handling vehicle with first and second sections and lifting device motor in second section" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,501, issued on June 3, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Container handling vehicle with first and second sections and lifting device motor in second section" was invented by Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container handling vehicle for picking up storage containers from a three-dimensional grid of an underlying storage system includes a first set of wheels for moving the vehicle along an X direction on a rail system of the grid; and a second set of wheels for moving the vehicle along a Y direction on the rail system of the grid. The Y direction is perpendicular to the X dir...