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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2022
Autostore Technology As, Nedre Vats, NO;
Ragnar Stuhaug, Skjold, NO;
Ingvar Fagerland, Kolnes, NO;
Trond Austrheim, Etne, NO;
Ole Alexander Mæhle, Etne, NO;
AutoStore Technology AS, Nedre Vats, NO;
Abstract
A service vehicle unit (SVU) is for manoeuvring a container handling vehicle that has stalled on an automated storage and retrieval system. The system includes a rail system having a first set of parallel rails arranged to guide movement of a container handling vehicle in a first direction (X) across the top of a frame structure, and a second set of parallel rails arranged perpendicular to the first set of rails to guide movement of the container handling vehicle in a second direction (Y), which is perpendicular to the first direction (X). The first and second sets of parallel rails dividing the rail system into a plurality of grid cells. At least one container handling vehicle is configured to operate on the rail system. The SVU includes a wheel module configured with a first and second set of wheels, which enable movement of the container handling vehicle in the X and Y direction and which is configured to operate on the rail system. The SVU has a turret and a turret mounted positioner that is attached to the wheel module, and the turret rotates the turret mounted positioner horizontally to attach to the container handling vehicle, used for manoeuvring a container handling vehicle to a predetermined position on the grid by the wheel module.