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OT-2026-000002086

Automated bin storage

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Material Handling › Conveying Systems
Inventors
ASPLUND ANDERS, JUTILA VILLE
Assignee
FINMATEC OY AB
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US-12570471-B2, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 10 March 2026
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Abstract

An automated storage comprising a storage rack configured to store storage bins, a self-propelled shuttle vehicle configured to move along the first horizontal direction of the storage rack, a self-propelled satellite vehicle configured to be carriable by the self-propelled shuttle vehicle and configured to move along the second horizontal direction of the storage rack essentially perpendicular against the first horizontal direction, wherein the self-propelled satellite vehicle is configured to carry storage bin between the self-propelled shuttle vehicle and the storage position; wherein the self-propelled satellite vehicle comprises at least one groove on the top surface of the self-propelled satellite vehicle, a pair of mutually facing guides along the second horizontal direction wherein the self-propelled satellite vehicle is configured to move on top of the pair of mutually facing guides, a pair of mutually facing bars along the second horizontal direction essentially above the said pair of mutually facing guides wherein the storage bin is to be placed on top of the pair of mutually facing bars by the lifting lugs of the storage bin.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000002086, “Automated bin storage,” published September 15, 2026 at 19:10:43 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002086.

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