US Patent Issued to INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS on Dec. 2 for "Automated shuttle apparatus and methods of using the same" (North Carolina, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,109, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS LLC (Mason, Ohio).

"Automated shuttle apparatus and methods of using the same" was invented by Jarl Nicholas Sebastian (Charlotte, N.C.), Christopher J. Hathaway (Mason, Ohio) and Anthony James Turco (Liberty Township, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments are directed to a shuttle configured for use in an AS/RS. In various embodiments, the shuttle comprises: a first load arm and a second load arm configured to retractably extend away from a shuttle body in parallel directions, the first and second load arms each being extendable between a retracted co...