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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Felipe De Arruda Camargo Polido, North Reading, MA (US);
Scott Hopkinson, Concord, MA (US);
Leonard Thomas Lilliston, III, Roxbury, MA (US);
Michael James O'Connor, Charlestown, MA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/91 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/918 (2013.01); B65G 47/912 (2013.01); B65G 47/917 (2013.01);
Abstract
An end-of-arm tool includes concentric rings of suction cups. The pneumatic actuators control the extension of suction cups, and are actuated in rings. Each suction cup is longitudinally retractable in response to a force applied to an item and has a compliant suction cup. Each ring has a vacuum control. Each ring can have its own compliance.