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公开(公告)号:US09969526B1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-15
申请号:US15480217
申请日:2017-04-05
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Daniel Lowther , Sriram Radhakrishnan , Lifan Zhang , Dennis Williams , Axel Sommer
CPC classification number: B65D19/44 , B65D19/0034 , B65D2519/00273 , B65D2519/00288 , B65D2519/00318 , B65D2519/00373 , B65D2519/00378 , B65D2519/00815 , B65D2519/00865
Abstract: A retention system for a pallet can include retention elements that pivot around pivoting assemblies at one or more edges of the pallet. A retention rail can adopt a stowed position against or within the pallet, can lock in an upright position at a side of the pallet, or an open position extending away from the pallet, providing clear access for loading or unloading in the open position. Further retention features can be combined with the retention rails, including integrated retention straps and strap receiving elements.
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公开(公告)号:US10968012B1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-06
申请号:US16192682
申请日:2018-11-15
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Suzanne Clark Ward , Jessica Fitzgerald , Jon P. Hassell , Daniel Lowther , Kaushal Bharatkumar Mehta , Joshua D. Urban
Abstract: Modular containers are formed in a collapsible fashion by flexible or rigid bodies and panels. A size of a modular container may be selected by inflating the modular container to a desired pressure or volume, coupling two or more bodies of the modular containers together, or mating the bodies of the modular containers to common bases or surfaces. The modular containers may be accessed via one or more openings in vertical or horizontal surfaces of such modular containers in order to load items into such modular containers or to unload the items therefrom. The modular containers may be assembled or collapsed manually or automatically, and transported to one or more locations separately or in stacks.
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公开(公告)号:US11040828B1
公开(公告)日:2021-06-22
申请号:US16159377
申请日:2018-10-12
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Suzanne Clark Ward , Shelby Frances Apps , William Patrick Apps , Jessica Fitzgerald , Derick Foster , Philip Andrew King , Daniel Lowther , Kaushal Bharatkumar Mehta , Prasad V. Rao
Abstract: Modular transfer units are configured to transport bins or other storage units of standard shapes and sizes between locations. The modular transfer units may be loaded with bins or other storage units having items disposed therein at origins of the items, or at locations where the items are stored, such as fulfillment centers. The modular transfer units may then be mounted to one or more vehicles, such as trailers or rail cars, and transported to another location, where the modular transfer units may be removed from the vehicle, or transferred to another vehicle. The bins or other storage units may be loaded with items that are intended for delivery to a common location. After a bin or storage unit has been unloaded from a modular transfer unit, one or more other bins or storage units may be loaded thereon.
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公开(公告)号:US10577180B1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-03
申请号:US15905456
申请日:2018-02-26
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Abstract: Mobile modules including a number of bins or other storage units may be formed in a modular manner, from various sub-modules. The mobile modules may be loaded with items by a sortation system or by associates. A bin within a mobile module may be selected and assigned to an order for a plurality of items, and each of the items included in the order may be deposited into the selected bin. After a sufficient number of bins within the mobile module have been filled with ordered items, the mobile module may be loaded into or onto a delivery vehicle and transported to a location from which the ordered items may be delivered to a customer, e.g., by an autonomous mobile robot or by an associate.
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