US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on May 27 for "Automated grid storage and retrieval system with foam-based fire prevention system" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,207, issued on May 27, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Automated grid storage and retrieval system with foam-based fire prevention system" was invented by Ivar Fjeldheim (Haugesund, Norway) and Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous grid storage system (1) with a foam based fire prevention system. The autonomous grid storage system is in the form of a grid storage structure (104) dived into sub grids (10A, 10B, 10C) separated by firebreak or firebreaks (12). A foam dispensing system (20) dispenses a fire-retardant foam into the firebreak or firebreaks in the event of ...