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1.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20190023489A1
公开(公告)日：2019-01-24
申请号：US15656552
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
CPC classification number: B65G1/133 , B25J5/02 , B25J9/0027 , B25J9/0093 , B25J9/023 , B25J9/041 , B25J9/045 , B25J9/06 , B25J9/1612 , B25J9/1623 , B25J9/1697 , B65G1/0485
Abstract: In one embodiment, an storage module has first and second guide rails that are spaced from one another along a lateral direction. Each guiderail has an upper track and a lower track spaced from one another along a vertical direction, and first and second connecting tracks that connect the upper track to the lower track at first and second ends, respectively. A plurality of inventory carriers that are supported between the guiderails and are arranged end-to-end along the upper and lower tracks. A drivetrain drives the carriers to translate along the upper and lower tracks at a first speed, and drives the carriers to translate along the connecting tracks at a second speed, faster than the first speed. Increasing the speed of the carriers at the connecting tracks can prevent the carriers from colliding with one another when transitioning between the upper track and the lower track.
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公开(公告)号：US11020770B1
公开(公告)日：2021-06-01
申请号：US16710930
申请日：2019-12-11
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Akshay Rajendra Tilekar , Justin Stone , Jon David DeFant
Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for container chutes for sortation systems. In one embodiment, an example system may include a frame and a chute assembly coupled to the frame, where the chute assembly is configured to pivot from a first position to a second position with respect to the frame. The chute assembly may include a first planar ramp, a first support on a first side of the first planar ramp, and a second support on a second side of the first planar ramp. The chute assembly may include a first pneumatic lift component coupled to the first support and to the frame, and a second pneumatic lift component coupled to the second support and to the frame. The chute assembly may be held in the second position when the first pneumatic lift component and the second pneumatic lift component are in a compressed configuration.
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公开(公告)号：US10737881B2
公开(公告)日：2020-08-11
申请号：US16269075
申请日：2019-02-06
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 a pair of upper tracks and a pair of lower tracks that are connected to one another so as to define a closed movement path in a vertical plane. The module has a plurality of carriers arranged end-to-end along the upper and lower tracks. Each carrier is elongate along a direction that extends between a pair of the upper or lower tracks so as to carry a set of the storage containers that are arranged side-by-side. Each carrier has first and second first wheel assemblies that couple the carrier to the pairs of upper tracks and lower tracks when supported by the pairs of upper tracks and lower tracks, respectively. The storage module can move the inventory carriers around the movement path until a desired one of the inventory carriers is presented at one of the first and second ends.
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公开(公告)号：US20190168965A1
公开(公告)日：2019-06-06
申请号：US16269075
申请日：2019-02-06
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
IPC: B65G1/133
CPC classification number: B65G1/133 , B65G1/0485
Abstract: In one embodiment, an inventory storage module has a pair of upper tracks and a pair of lower tracks that are connected to one another so as to define a closed movement path in a vertical plane. The module has a plurality of carriers arranged end-to-end along the upper and lower tracks. Each carrier is elongate along a direction that extends between a pair of the upper or lower tracks so as to carry a set of the storage containers that are arranged side-by-side. Each carrier has first and second first wheel assemblies that couple the carrier to the pairs of upper tracks and lower tracks when supported by the pairs of upper tracks and lower tracks, respectively. The storage module can move the inventory carriers around the movement path until a desired one of the inventory carriers is presented at one of the first and second ends.
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公开(公告)号：US11325266B1
公开(公告)日：2022-05-10
申请号：US16448867
申请日：2019-06-21
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Tyler B. Rodgers , Jon David DeFant
Abstract: A valve for use within a vacuum cup of a vacuum gripping system is described. In one example, a vacuum cup includes a bellows and a valve assembly seated within an inner chamber of the bellows. The valve assembly includes a body disk seated within the inner chamber, a control disk seated toward a suction cup end of the bellows, a spring positioned between the body disk and the control disk, and a control stem extending through the central valve aperture of the body disk, through the spring, and secured to the control disk. When the control stem is seated within the central valve aperture, the valve assembly restricts fluid suction to within the inner chamber. When the valve control stem is unseated from the central valve aperture, the valve assembly conveys fluid suction to the suction cup end of the bellows.
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公开(公告)号：US10696480B2
公开(公告)日：2020-06-30
申请号：US15656552
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 storage module has first and second guide rails that are spaced from one another along a lateral direction. Each guiderail has an upper track and a lower track spaced from one another along a vertical direction, and first and second connecting tracks that connect the upper track to the lower track at first and second ends, respectively. A plurality of inventory carriers that are supported between the guiderails and are arranged end-to-end along the upper and lower tracks. A drivetrain drives the carriers to translate along the upper and lower tracks at a first speed, and drives the carriers to translate along the connecting tracks at a second speed, faster than the first speed. Increasing the speed of the carriers at the connecting tracks can prevent the carriers from colliding with one another when transitioning between the upper track and the lower track.
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公开(公告)号：US10287097B2
公开(公告)日：2019-05-14
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：US11666944B1
公开(公告)日：2023-06-06
申请号：US16886055
申请日：2020-05-28
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Jose Luis De La Rosa , Larry Joe Robb , Maxim P. Hoffman , Joshua Martin Middleton , Stephanie Tomasetta , Roland J. Menassa , Justin Stone , Molly Nawalinski , Fernando Zumbado , Duncan Pratt , Jon David DeFant
Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for detection of overfilled containers in sortation systems. In one embodiment, an example container capacity detection system for use with an item sortation machine may include a first sensor positioned to detect a remaining capacity of a first container in the item sortation system, and a controller. The controller may be configured to determine, using the first sensor, that the remaining capacity of the first container is less than or equal to a first threshold, and to send a signal.
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公开(公告)号：US11629010B1
公开(公告)日：2023-04-18
申请号：US17465301
申请日：2021-09-02
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Jon David DeFant , Jeread Sines , Joshua Scott Owens
Abstract: A guard assembly can be positionable in an installed position between a first roller and a second roller of a roller conveyor system. The guard assembly can include a first frame having a first contour shaped for receiving at least a portion of the first roller. The guard assembly can further include a second frame having a second contour shaped for receiving at least a portion of the second roller. The guard assembly can also include a biaser between the first frame and the second frame so as to urge the first frame toward the first roller and the second frame toward the second roller in the installed position.
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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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