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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:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Felipe De Arruda Camargo Polido, North Reading, MA (US);
William Clay Flannigan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Harrison Young, Robbinsville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0625 (2013.01); B65G 47/91 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for toroidal suction grippers. In one embodiment, an example device may include a first annular elastic membrane configured to form an orifice having a toroid geometry, and a first vacuum suction device disposed in the first annular elastic membrane. The first annular elastic membrane may be configured to be actuated to grasp an object.