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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Ample Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kenji Terata Bowers, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Ly, San Francisco, CA (US);
Khaled Walid Hassounah, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ankit Srivastava, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ample, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/06 (2006.01); B66F 7/28 (2006.01); B66F 3/46 (2006.01); B66F 7/20 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/063 (2013.01); B25J 9/162 (2013.01); B66F 3/46 (2013.01); B66F 7/20 (2013.01); B66F 7/28 (2013.01); B66F 2700/123 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lift for raising or moving loads is disclosed. The lift is autonomous and comprises several parts for sensing and communicating as well as actuating a displacement. In some instances, the lift is moveable and includes optical and other sensors and can furthermore determine one or more vehicle wheel locations to position itself and raise a vehicle up off of the ground.