US Patent Issued to OCADO INNOVATION on Oct. 28 for "Apparatus and method for charging a robotic load handling device" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,411, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to OCADO INNOVATION Ltd. (Herts, Great Britain).

"Apparatus and method for charging a robotic load handling device" was invented by Alex Davidson (Hatfield Herts, Great Britain), Robin Sim (Hatfield Herts, Great Britain), James Benfold (Hatfield Herts, Great Britain) and Benjamin Thurnell (Hatfield Herts, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure aims to provide a charge unit for a robotic load handling device which reduces the wear/damage experienced by charge contacts of the charge unit and provides a solution whereby easier servicing of the charge unit can be accomplis...