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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Le Zou, Cambridge, MA (US);
Yuhao Qian, Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/021 (2013.01); G05D 1/0268 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0216 (2013.01);
Abstract
A docking head assembly and techniques for use are provided. The docking head assembly may include a lifting mechanism and a tilting mechanism. A tilt angle may be determined based on data that is associated with a path extending between a first floor and a second floor of a facility. The lifting mechanism may lift an inventory holder. The tilting mechanism may tilt the inventory holder in accordance with the tilt angle. The mobile drive unit may transport the inventory holder along the path in the lifted, tilted orientation.