US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on Nov. 18 for "Container handling vehicle with increased stability" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,144, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Container handling vehicle with increased stability" was invented by Jorgen Djuve Heggebo (Olen, Norway) and Kenneth Muller (Vormedal, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container handling vehicle operates on a two-dimensional rail system. The two-dimensional rail system includes a first set of parallel rails arranged to guide movement of container handling vehicles in a first direction across the top of a frame structure, and a second set of parallel rails arranged perpendicular to the first set of rails to guide movement of the container han...