US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on March 25 for "Automated storage system with framework mounted modular plate system and bracing arrangement" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,209, issued on March 25, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Automated storage system with framework mounted modular plate system and bracing arrangement" was invented by Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway) and Borge Bekken (Haugesund, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated storage and retrieval system includes a framework structure constructed of a plurality of upright members connected by horizontal members to define a storage grid of storage columns, within which storage columns may be stacked a plurality of storage containers. The framework structure has a rail system arranged at the upper level...