US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on March 18 for "Method for handling malfunctioning vehicles on a rail system and a storage and retrieval system using such a method" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,159, issued on March 18, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Method for handling malfunctioning vehicles on a rail system and a storage and retrieval system using such a method" was invented by Ragnar Stuhaug (Skjold, Norway) and Oystein Gjerdevik (Skjold, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for handling malfunctioning vehicles on a rail system constituting part of a storage and retrieval system includes storing a plurality of stacks of storage containers and a control system. The storage and retrieval system includes a plurality of remotely operated vehicles configured to move laterally on the ...