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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 08, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Jon David DeFant, Seattle, WA (US);

Tyler B. Rodgers, Puyallup, WA (US);

Chen Ge, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0052 (2013.01); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); B25J 15/0038 (2013.01); B25J 15/065 (2013.01); B25J 15/0625 (2013.01); B25J 15/0683 (2013.01); B25J 19/023 (2013.01);
Abstract

A multi-zone end effector assembly is described in the present disclosure. As a non-limiting example, the multi-zone end effector assembly comprises a manifold that comprises a first interior chamber and a second interior chamber. A first port connects to the first interior chamber, and a second port connects to the second interior chamber. A first compression cup region can be connected to the first interior chamber. The first compression cup region is in air connection with the first port. The first compression cup region is configured to be independently activated in order to create a first vacuum zone. A second compression cup region is connected to the second interior chamber. The second compression region cup is in air connection with the second port. The second compression cup region is configured to be independently activated in order to create a second vacuum zone.


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