ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,676, issued on April 22, was assigned to GREEN POWER Co. LTD. (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

"Automatic transportation system" was invented by Jung Goo Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Doo Ik Song (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an automatic transportation system that moves along a rail and is powered by induction feeding, and more particularly, to a terminal block configured to facilitate installation and extension of a cable for a configuration of an induction power track and to prevent a fire accident due to overheating in advance by an overheat detection unit provided therein an...