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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
Thomas Rathbun, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Jonathan Ertle, Belmont, MI (US);
Michael Andrew Mcgovern, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Jonathan Mark Rathbun, Belmont, MI (US);
Michael William Timmer, Grandville, MI (US);
David Jon Schroeder, Zeeland, MI (US);
Randall David Miller, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Thomas Rathbun, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Jonathan Ertle, Belmont, MI (US);
Michael Andrew McGovern, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Jonathan Mark Rathbun, Belmont, MI (US);
Michael William Timmer, Grandville, MI (US);
David Jon Schroeder, Zeeland, MI (US);
Randall David Miller, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Criterion Manufacturing Solutions, Inc., Comstock Park, MI (US);
Abstract
An automatic vehicle storage system includes an adjustable, self-guided vehicle satellite for moving a vehicle between a pick-up and drop-off bay, a vehicle carriage, and a storage bay. The vehicle carriage is typically movable along and by a vehicle crane, which carries the vehicle to a desired storage bay, where the vehicle satellite then moves the vehicle. Once the vehicle is in the storage bay, the satellite and returns back to the carriage at the vehicle crane. The vehicle storage system is also capable of rotating the vehicle, such that the vehicle is forward-facing in the pick-up and drop-off bay when it is retrieved by the user, and to facilitate the simultaneous operation of side-by-side cranes within a storage facility.