US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on Sept. 9 for "Automated storage and retrieval system with fire detection device and methods of locating and/or verifying fire or smoke in an automated storage and retrieval system" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,352, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Automated storage and retrieval system with fire detection device and methods of locating and/or verifying fire or smoke in an automated storage and retrieval system" was invented by Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway) and Ivar Fjeldheim (Haugesund, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated storage and retrieval system includes a rail system, a master control system, and a plurality of remotely operated vehicles. The rail system includes a first and second set of parallel tracks arranged orthogonally in a horizontal plane. The master control s...