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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2020
Autostore Technology As, Nedre Vats, NO;
Ivar Fjeldheim, Haugesund, NO;
AutoStore Technology AS, Nedre Vats, NO;
Abstract
A container-handling vehicle for handling storage containers in a three-dimensional grid of an underlying storage system, comprising: at least one lifting device for lifting storage containers from and lowering storage containers to the underlying storage system, said lifting device comprises a lifting frame for gripping a storage container, a winch system for lifting and lowering the lifting frame, a motor to drive the winch system and a driver circuit with a controller controlling the motor; and at least first and second rechargeable power sources for providing power to the motor, wherein the driver circuit further comprises a regenerative energy circuit configured to harvest energy from the motor when the lifting frame is lowered into the storage system and where the driver circuit is configured to direct harvested energy to the rechargeable power sources according to levels of charge in the rechargeable power sources.