US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on March 25 for "Remotely operated vehicle for an automated storage and retrieval system" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,214, issued on March 25, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Remotely operated vehicle for an automated storage and retrieval system" was invented by Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway) and Jon Hermansen (Heggedal, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remotely operated vehicle for an automated storage and retrieval system moves a product item between a storage container stored in an automated storage and retrieval grid configured to store a plurality of stacks of storage containers, and a further container. The remotely operated vehicle includes a vehicle body; a wheel arrangement connected to the vehicle bo...