ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,143, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).
"Storage system" was invented by Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage system includes a storage grid structure having a top rail grid upon which container handling vehicles work to store and retrieve storage containers in and from storage columns beneath the top rail grid. The storage system includes multiple transfer rails forming a horizontal transfer rail grid arranged at a level below the top rail grid. At least one transport vehicle operates on the transfer rail grid. The storage system includes a picking/stock...