US Patent Issued to OCADO INNOVATION on June 3 for "Automated storage systems, and devices" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,500, issued on June 3, was assigned to OCADO INNOVATION Ltd. (Hatfield, Great Britain).

"Automated storage systems, and devices" was invented by Wilhelm Johannisson (Hatfield, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive belt assembly for a load handling device includes a drive belt; a drive wheel; and one or more driven wheels. A first tensioning arm, having a fixed end above an elbow and a rotatable distal end pivotally attached at the elbow, is horizontally displaceable relative to the drive wheel and driven wheels. A second tensioning arm is provided wherein the drive belt is routed around the first and second tensioning a...