ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,647, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to FUJI Corp. (Chiryu, Japan).
"Cart alignment device, delivery system, and control method" was invented by Koji Kawaguchi (Kasugai, Japan), Hisato Sawanami (Kariya, Japan) and Takuya Oda (Toyoake, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cart alignment device of the present disclosure is used in a delivery system that delivers an article using a cart including a loading section for loading articles and a caster disposed in the loading section and having wheels capable of changing a movement direction of the loading section. The cart alignment device includes a rail member configured to guide the ca...