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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:
Jul. 23, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Julie Mitchell, Lynnfield, MA (US);

Vikas Reddy Enti, Somerville, MA (US);

Andrea Thelen, Westphalia, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 3/08 (2006.01); B07C 3/14 (2006.01); B07C 5/24 (2006.01); B07C 5/34 (2006.01); B07C 5/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 3/087 (2013.01); B07C 3/14 (2013.01); B07C 5/24 (2013.01); B07C 5/34 (2013.01); B07C 5/36 (2013.01); B07C 2501/0063 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automated, single level, package sortation system may include a conveyance mechanism, a package induct station with a first robotic arm, a first drive unit, a cart building station with a second robotic arm, a cart, and a cart transfer station. Each package and cart of the system may have an associated destination. A package may be transferred by a first robotic arm from a conveyance mechanism to a first drive unit, and then transferred by a second robotic arm from a first drive unit to a cart associated with the same destination as the package. Then, the cart may be transferred via a cart transfer station to the destination associated with the cart and all packages contained therein.


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