US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on May 27 for "Delivery system, an automated storage and retrieval system and a method of transporting a container" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,176, issued on May 27, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Delivery system, an automated storage and retrieval system and a method of transporting a container" was invented by Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery system for transport of a container to an access point for handling of items held in the container by a human and/or robotic operator includes a delivery rail grid, a delivery vehicle, and a container accessing station. The delivery rail grid includes at least a first set of parallel rails arranged in a horizontal plane and extending in a first direction, and at l...