US Patent Issued to HIRATA on April 22 for "Automated warehouse unit, automated warehouse equipment and transfer unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,955, issued on April 22, was assigned to HIRATA Corp. (Kumamoto, Japan).

"Automated warehouse unit, automated warehouse equipment and transfer unit" was invented by Bungo Matsumoto (Kumamoto, Japan) and Yuichi Iwata (Kumamoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated warehouse unit includes two rows of fixed conveyors conveying the storage target object in a first direction, a receiving-side transfer unit provided on one end portion side of the two rows and extending in a second direction, and a shipping-side transfer unit provided on the other end portion side of the two rows and extending in the second direction. Each trans...