US Patent Issued to Dematic on Jan. 13 for "Receptacle with temperature controlled lid for automated storage and retrieval system" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,440, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Dematic Corp. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Receptacle with temperature controlled lid for automated storage and retrieval system" was invented by Stephen E. Hoffman (Grand Rapids, Mich.), William R. Boer (Wayland, Mich.), Matthew Inbody (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Alexander Dale (Etobicoke, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated warehouse system and method are provided for controlling internal microclimates of totes within a warehouse or order fulfilment facility. The system provides independent environmental condition monitoring and regulation for each tote. The system enables individual ...