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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2020
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin Keck, Seattle, WA (US);
Ganesh Krishnamoorthy, Seattle, WA (US);
Vivek Narayanan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Rajeev Dwivedi, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mohit Malik, Seattle, WA (US);
Shahid Azad, Seattle, WA (US);
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for multimodal asynchronous transportation. In one embodiment, an example system may include a portable conveyor assembly configured to receive one or more items, the portable conveyor assembly including a conveyor belt, a drive motor, and a magnet. The portable conveyor assembly may be configured to couple to an item sortation system to receive sorted items, and to couple to a vehicle for transportation of the portable conveyor assembly from the item sortation system to a different system of a fulfillment center.