ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,014, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Broetje-Automation GmbH (Rastede, Germany).
"Floor-bound vehicle" was invented by Christoph Eusterwiemann (Oldenburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor-bound vehicle, in particular for a movable production plant with a processing unit for processing a workpiece, with at least two drive units, wherein the drive units each comprise at least one drive wheel, a travel drive for driving the at least one drive wheel, a wheel carrier on which the at least one drive wheel is arranged, and a steering drive for adjusting the wheel carrier with the drive wheel about a geometric steering axis ...