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公开(公告)号：US11123771B2
公开(公告)日：2021-09-21
申请号：US16398006
申请日：2019-04-29
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： William Scott Kalm , Joshua David Landry , Brian Stuart Hoffman , Peter A. Grant , Dinesh Mahadevan
Abstract: A sortation system uses short conveyors or transporter units on a lift to move products or packages to totes in a storage rack. The lift may be a carousel. Automated components remove the totes from the rack and place them on outfeed conveyors. The system to remove the totes can include a transfer vehicle. The sortation system may be modular.
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公开(公告)号：US11066244B1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-20
申请号：US15931309
申请日：2020-05-13
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： William Scott Kalm , Kevin W Keck , Thomas Felis , Kevin Senh Ly
Abstract: A container sorting system can receive a container on a conveyance surface and convey the container in a conveyance direction. A linear induction motor positioned relative to the conveyance surface (e.g., below) can generate a magnetic field that causes movement of a shoe coupled to the conveyance surface. The shoe can move relative to the conveyance surface and engage the container to change the movement direction of the container. The movement direction of the container can be changed to move the container off of the conveyance surface.
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公开(公告)号：US11511417B1
公开(公告)日：2022-11-29
申请号：US16876982
申请日：2020-05-18
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Kent Belden Meiswinkel , William Scott Kalm
Abstract: A system for moving items in a facility may be described herein. The system may instruct components of the system to move the items at different speeds or velocities based on an item's fragility rating. A fragility rating may indicate an amount of force that an item withstands prior to damaging the item. A fragility rating for an item may be determined based on known fragility ratings of items with similar item metrics.
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公开(公告)号：US11493080B1
公开(公告)日：2022-11-08
申请号：US17499137
申请日：2021-10-12
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： William Scott Kalm , Bob Samac
IPC: F16B47/00
Abstract: A suction cup can include a body and a skirt connected to a periphery of the body. The body can have an elliptical cross-section with a major axis that is longer than a minor axis. The body can include an aperture extending from a proximal side to a distal side. A stem can be positioned within the primary aperture. The stem can include an air conduit that can allow air to flow from the proximal side of the body.
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公开(公告)号：US11358793B2
公开(公告)日：2022-06-14
申请号：US16478405
申请日：2018-01-16
Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Benjamin Douglas Garcia , William Scott Kalm , Vahideh Kamranzadeh , Dinesh Mahadevan , Seshachalamgupta Motamarri , Tyson Wittrock
Abstract: In one embodiment, an inventory storage module has a plurality of conveyor segments that define a movement path that is elongate along a longitudinal direction from a first end of the storage to a second end of the module. The module has a plurality of container carriers that are supported by the conveyor segments. Each container carrier supports at least one inventory storage container that supports at least one inventory item therein. The storage module can transfer the container carriers around the movement path until a desired one of the container carriers is presented at one of the first and second module ends. In another embodiment, a plurality of instances of the storage module are arranged in a vertical stack of independently controllable storage modules.
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公开(公告)号：US11345500B1
公开(公告)日：2022-05-31
申请号：US16709836
申请日：2019-12-10
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： William Scott Kalm , Kushal Patel
Abstract: An item packaging system can position and prepare a package for receiving one or more items. The package can be received by the system in a storage orientation and stored in a storage container. A picking assembly can be positioned above the storage container in a picking orientation and pick and rotate the package to a loading orientation. A gripper can grip the package in the loading orientation and transport the package to a loading station for loading the one or more items into the interior of the shipping receptacle.
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公开(公告)号：US11059668B1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-13
申请号：US16248200
申请日：2019-01-15
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： William Scott Kalm , Benjamin Douglas Garcia , Peter A. Grant , Vahideh Kamranzadeh
Abstract: In one embodiment, an inventory storage module has first and second conveyor segments that are vertically spaced from one another and third and fourth conveyor segments that connect the first and second conveyor segments to define a movement path that is elongate along a longitudinal direction. The module has a plurality of container carriers that are supported by the first to fourth conveyor segments. Each container carrier supports at least one inventory storage container that can support at least one inventory item therein. The module has at least one movement system that can push the container carriers along the first and second conveyor segments along the longitudinal direction between the first and second module ends. The storage module can translate inventory storage containers around the movement path until a desired one of the inventory storage containers is presented at one of the first and second module ends.
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公开(公告)号：US10968993B1
公开(公告)日：2021-04-06
申请号：US16037324
申请日：2018-07-17
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： William Scott Kalm
Abstract: In one embodiment, an actuator has a roller, a helical track, and at least one track follower. The roller has a cylindrical body that has a first end, a second end that is offset from the first end along a central axis, and a cylindrical outer surface that extends from the first end to the second end. The helical track is disposed around the cylindrical outer surface in a helical pattern. The at least one track follower can be attached to a load, and rides along the helical track when the roller is rotated about the central axis so as to translate the load along an axial direction that is substantially parallel to the central axis. In some embodiments, the roller has an internal motor that is disposed within the cylindrical body.
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公开(公告)号：US10934091B1
公开(公告)日：2021-03-02
申请号：US16368528
申请日：2019-03-28
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： William Scott Kalm
IPC: B65G1/137
Abstract: Item storage systems can be used to sort and store items within an inventory system. The item storage system can include platforms for moving the items about the exterior of a storage structure. The platforms may move the items along a height of the storage structure and include an item movement device and item translation device. The item movement device may move items into and out of the storage structure and the item translation device may move items along the length of the platform.
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公开(公告)号：US10912965B1
公开(公告)日：2021-02-09
申请号：US16122663
申请日：2018-09-05
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： William Scott Kalm
Abstract: Techniques and safety devices are described for extinguishing fires within an inventory management system. A plurality of fire extinguishing devices for a plurality of containers in an inventory management system is monitored. Upon determining that a fire condition is occurring within the inventory management system, a positional information data store is queried to determine a current position of a first container within the inventory management system. Two or more containers within the inventory management system that are in close proximity to the first container are identified and one or more wireless signals are transmitted to two or more fire extinguishing devices of the plurality of fire extinguishing devices that are contained within the two or more containers, to activate the two or more first extinguishing devices. The plurality of containers is scanned using an infrared scanning device to determine whether all fire conditions within the inventory management system are extinguished.
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