US Patent Issued to INNOVATIVE LOGISTICS on May 13 for "Autonomous conveyance robot for cross-dock operations" (Arkansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,089, issued on May 13, was assigned to INNOVATIVE LOGISTICS LLC (Forth Smith, Ark.).

"Autonomous conveyance robot for cross-dock operations" was invented by Jefferson Maldonado (Fort Smith, Ark.), Dylan Henderson (Fort Smith, Ark.), Srijith Umakanth (Fort Smith, Ark.), David Albers (Fort Smith, Ark.), Mark Belin (Fort Smith, Ark.), Kenneth Lee Noblitt (Fort Smith, Ark.) and Brock Mcallister (Fort Smith, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an automated conveyance robot (ACR) for conveying movable platforms (MPs) in and out of trailers. A lift carriage at a first end of the ACR is configured to couple to the MP duri...