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Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2018
Applicant:

Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);

Inventors:

Sai Phaneendra Sri Harsha Viswanath Putcha, Bentonville, AR (US);

Luke M. Reynolds, Long Beach, CA (US);

Christian J. Munoz, Bentonville, AR (US);

Assignee:

Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/04 (2006.01); B65G 67/20 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01); B60P 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/04 (2013.01); B65G 67/20 (2013.01); G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01); B60P 3/007 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to loading totes. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for loading totes on shelves of racks secured inside a delivery truck including: a plurality of hydraulic lifts. Each of the plurality of hydraulic lifts comprises: a hydraulic system; a top surface; a stop mechanism; and at least one lift-to-rack alignment sensor; and a control circuit configured to: access a multi-dimensional positional matrix; determine a physical location associated with a tote based at least on the multi-dimensional positional matrix and a tote identifier; determine a particular hydraulic lift of the plurality of hydraulic lifts based on the physical location; activate the stop mechanism to position the tote on the top surface of the particular hydraulic lift; and operate the hydraulic system to move the tote to a height of a shelf of a rack based on the physical location.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Putcha, Sai Phaneendra Sri Harsha Viswanath. (2019). Systems and methods for loading totes using hydraulic lifts (U.S. Patent No. 10494238). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10494238

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