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公开(公告)号：US10815082B2
公开(公告)日：2020-10-27
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
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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2.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20200016770A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-16
申请号：US16032875
申请日：2018-07-11
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Vahideh Kamranzadeh , Todd McIntosh , Seshachalamgupta Motamarri , Tyson Wittrock
Abstract: In one embodiment, an end effector for a robotic manipulator has a base that is configured to attach to the end of a robotic arm, a first fork, and a second fork. The end first fork includes a first pair of prongs that extend from the base along a first direction and that are spaced from one another so as to receive a first storage container therebetween. The second fork includes a second pair of prongs that extend from the base along a second direction that is angularly offset from the first direction and that are spaced from one another so as to receive a second storage container therebetween. The first and second forks can be used to stack or unstack the first and second containers.
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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：US10807798B1
公开(公告)日：2020-10-20
申请号：US15799847
申请日：2017-10-31
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： William Scott Kalm , Benjamin Douglas Garcia , Vahideh Kamranzadeh , Dinesh Mahadevan , Seshachalamgupta Motamarri , Tyson Wittrock
IPC: B65G1/06
Abstract: In one embodiment, an inventory storage module has first to fourth conveyor segments that define a conveying loop. The module translates storage totes around the conveying loop using, at least in part, first and second actuator assemblies. The first actuator assembly has a first actuator and a first crossbar connected to the first actuator. The first actuator assembly moves the first crossbar in a first direction such that the first crossbar engages and pushes totes along the first conveyor segment in the first direction. The second actuator assembly has a second actuator and a second crossbar connected to the second actuator. The second actuator assembly moves the second crossbar in a second direction, opposite the first direction, such that the second crossbar engages and pushes totes along the second segment in the second direction. The third and fourth segments transfer totes between the first and second segments.
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公开(公告)号：US10336542B2
公开(公告)日：2019-07-02
申请号：US15355974
申请日：2016-11-18
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Samuel Gardner Garrett , John Stuart Battles , Timothy Alan Talda , Tyson Wittrock
Abstract: An example system includes a conveyor configured to move a plurality of items, a ramp configured to support at least one item of the plurality of items as the at least one item is transferred from the conveyor to a tote, and a platform supported on a support surface and configured to support the tote at a location proximate the ramp. In some examples, the tote includes a base having a top surface defining at least part of an interior space of the tote. Further, the platform positions the tote such that the top surface of the base extends at an angle, relative to a horizontal plane, greater than approximately 5 degrees and less than approximately 10 degrees.
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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：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：US20180141754A1
公开(公告)日：2018-05-24
申请号：US15355974
申请日：2016-11-18
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Samuel Gardner Garrett , John Stuart Battles , Timothy Alan Talda , Tyson Wittrock
IPC: B65G1/137
CPC classification number: B65G1/1373 , B65G47/52 , B65G65/00 , B65G2209/06
Abstract: An example system includes a conveyor configured to move a plurality of items, a ramp configured to support at least one item of the plurality of items as the at least one item is transferred from the conveyor to a tote, and a platform supported on a support surface and configured to support the tote at a location proximate the ramp. In some examples, the tote includes a base having a top surface defining at least part of an interior space of the tote. Further, the platform positions the tote such that the top surface of the base extends at an angle, relative to a horizontal plane, greater than approximately 5 degrees and less than approximately 10 degrees.
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