US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on Sept. 23 for "Container handling vehicle" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,033, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Container handling vehicle" was invented by Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway) and Jorgen Djuve Heggebo (Olen, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container handling vehicle for lifting a storage container from an underlying framework structure includes a container lifting assembly for lifting the storage container and a vehicle body. The container lifting assembly includes a lifting frame for releasable connection to a storage container, a lifting shaft assembly, and a plurality of lifting bands. The lifting bands are connected to the lifting fr...