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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.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Felipe De Arruda Camargo Polido, North Reading, MA (US);
Noah Scott Wieckowski, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0683 (2013.01); B25J 9/1656 (2013.01); B25J 13/081 (2013.01); B25J 15/0616 (2013.01); B65G 47/912 (2013.01);
Abstract
An end-of-arm tool includes concentric rings of suction cup assemblies. Each suction cup assembly can be independently extended and retracted. Sensors on each suction cup assembly indicate its fully extended position such that displacement from the fully extended position upon contacting an item is indicated by the corresponding sensor.