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公开(公告)号:US10322878B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-18
申请号:US15656642
申请日:2017-07-21
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Dinesh Mahadevan , Martin Peter Aalund , Jon Stuart Battles , Jon David DeFant , Benjamin Douglas Garcia , Vahideh Kamranzadeh , George T. Davies , Steven Eric Nuetzman
Abstract: In one embodiment, an inventory storage module has first and second guiderails that are spaced from one another along a lateral direction. Each guiderail has an upper track and a lower track, and first and second connecting tracks that connect the upper track to the lower track at first and second ends of the storage module, respectively. The module has a plurality of inventory carriers that are supported between the first and second guiderails, are arranged end-to-end along the upper and lower tracks along a longitudinal direction, and are elongate along the lateral direction. The module can also have a plurality of storage containers carried by each inventory carrier in a side-by-side relation along the lateral direction, where the plurality of storage containers carry a plurality of inventory items.
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公开(公告)号:US11312571B2
公开(公告)日:2022-04-26
申请号:US16478415
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 first conveyor segment, a second conveyor segments offset from the first segment along a vertical direction, a first vertical lift at a first end of the module, and a second vertical lift at a second end of the module, which together define a movement path that is elongate along a longitudinal direction between the first and second 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 end and the second end. 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:US20200338597A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-29
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:US20190127159A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-02
申请号:US15797562
申请日:2017-10-30
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: William Scott Kalm , Benjamin Douglas Garcia , Vahideh Kamranzadeh , Dinesh Mahadevan , Seshachalamgupta Motamarri , Tyson Wittrock
IPC: B65G69/24
CPC classification number: B65G69/24 , B65G1/133 , B65G1/137 , G06Q10/087
Abstract: In one embodiment, an inventory storage module has a first conveyor segment, a second conveyor segment spaced below the first conveyor segment, a first vertical lift disposed at a first end of the module, and a second vertical lift disposed at a second end of the module. The first and second lifts each transfer inventory carriers between the first and second conveyor segments. The first conveyor segment, the second conveyor segment, the first vertical lift, and the second vertical lift together define a conveying loop in a vertical plane, and the storage module translates inventory carriers around the conveying loop until a desired one of the inventory carriers is presented at one of the first and second module ends. An inventory item can be retrieved from, or stowed in, the desired one of the inventory carriers at the one of the first and second module ends.
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公开(公告)号:US10196208B1
公开(公告)日:2019-02-05
申请号:US15721280
申请日:2017-09-29
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: William Scott Kalm , Benjamin Douglas Garcia , Vahideh Kamranzadeh , Dinesh Mahadevan , Seshachalamgupta Motamarri , Tyson Wittrock
Abstract: In one embodiment, an inventory storage module has first to fourth conveyor segments that define a closed conveying loop in a horizontal plane. The storage module can translate inventory carriers around the closed loop until a desired one of the inventory carriers is presented at one end of the module. The first conveyor segment translates inventory carriers along a first longitudinal direction. The second conveyor segment is offset from the first segment along a first lateral direction and translates inventory carriers along a second longitudinal direction, opposite the first longitudinal direction. The third conveyor segment translates inventory carriers from the first conveyor to the second segment along a first lateral direction at a second end of the module. The fourth conveyor segment translates inventory carriers from the second segment to the first segment along a second lateral direction, opposite the first lateral direction, at a first end of the module.
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公开(公告)号:US20190023491A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-24
申请号:US15656738
申请日:2017-07-21
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Dinesh Mahadevan , Martin Peter Aalund , Jon Stuart Battles , Jon David DeFant , Benjamin Douglas Garcia , Vahideh Kamranzadeh , George T. Davies , Steven Eric Nuetzman
Abstract: In one embodiment, an inventory storage system has a vertical stack of storage modules that extend from a first stack end to a second stack end, and are stacked on top of one another. Each storage module defines a path that forms a loop in a vertical plane, and each storage module has a plurality of inventory carriers that translate around the loop. The vertical stack has a first end section that extends from the first stack end towards the second stack end, and that includes a first end of each loop of the stack. The vertical stack also has a second end section that extends from the second stack end towards the first stack end, and that includes a second end of each loop of the stack. The sections can be transported separately by a truck or container and then coupled together at the destination.
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公开(公告)号:US20190023490A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-24
申请号:US15656642
申请日:2017-07-21
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Dinesh Mahadevan , Martin Peter Aalund , Jon Stuart Battles , Jon David DeFant , Benjamin Douglas Garcia , Vahideh Kamranzadeh , George T. Davies , Steven Eric Nuetzman
Abstract: In one embodiment, an inventory storage module has first and second guiderails that are spaced from one another along a lateral direction. Each guiderail has an upper track and a lower track, and first and second connecting tracks that connect the upper track to the lower track at first and second ends of the storage module, respectively. The module has a plurality of inventory carriers that are supported between the first and second guiderails, are arranged end-to-end along the upper and lower tracks along a longitudinal direction, and are elongate along the lateral direction. The module can also have a plurality of storage containers carried by each inventory carrier in a side-by-side relation along the lateral direction, where the plurality of storage containers carry a plurality of inventory items.
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