ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,907, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Murata Machinery Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Transport vehicle system" was invented by Makoto Kobayashi (Ise, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport vehicle system includes a measurer to measure a measurement target portion, a measured portion including the measurement target portion thereon, and a control controller to cause a lifter to be lifted and lowered according to a set value and to control the lifting and lowering of the lifter so that the measurer can measure the measured portion by one of the measurer and the measured portion being gripped by a gripper and by the other of the measu...