ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,879, issued on June 17, was assigned to SEMES Co. LTD. (Cheonan-si, South Korea).
"Transport apparatus" was invented by Okkyung Kang (Cheonan-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport apparatus includes a transport vehicle configured to move along a traveling rail and including a transport vehicle body, and a hoist apparatus coupled to the transport vehicle, wherein the hoist apparatus includes a first hoist apparatus coupled to the transport vehicle body, and capable of clutching a first carrier and hoisting and lowering the first carrier in upward and downward directions, and a second hoist apparatus coupled to the...