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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10746589 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2017

Crossbar mechanism for coupling to fixture

Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Nathan Danenberg, Seattle, WA (US);

Jeffrey Kevin Feiereisen, Seattle, WA (US);

Jacob Siegel, Southborough, MA (US);

Brett Allen Skaloud, Seattle, WA (US);

Thomas Duester, Seattle, WA (US);

James Merton Tidman, Round Rock, TX (US);

Dawn Marie Pfund, Shoreline, WA (US);

Jeremy Samuel De Bonet, Southborough, MA (US);

Nicholas McMahon, Bolton, MA (US);

Assignee:

AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:

Lindauer Law, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Randy W Gibson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 21/28 (2006.01); G01G 21/22 (2006.01); A47B 57/16 (2006.01); A47B 57/42 (2006.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H02J 1/00 (2006.01); G01G 21/23 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H05K 7/18 (2006.01); H01R 13/514 (2006.01); A47B 57/52 (2006.01); A47B 57/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 21/23 (2013.01); G01G 21/22 (2013.01); H01R 12/722 (2013.01); H01R 13/514 (2013.01); H02J 1/00 (2013.01); H05K 5/0073 (2013.01); H05K 7/14 (2013.01); H05K 7/183 (2013.01); A47B 57/16 (2013.01); A47B 57/20 (2013.01); A47B 57/42 (2013.01); A47B 57/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

Shelves or other fixtures may be used to support items at a facility. Weighing modules including load cells may be used at the fixtures to acquire weight data indicative of changes to the fixture as items are added or removed from the fixture. Weighing modules may be modular and repositionable with respect to a modular crossbar that provides electrical power and data connectivity. This allows for the fixtures to be easily reconfigured to accommodate items of different sizes.

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