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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:
Dec. 03, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2023
Applicant:

Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas Wagner, Concord, MA (US);

Kevin Ahearn, Nebo, NC (US);

John Richard Amend, Jr., Belmont, MA (US);

Benjamin Cohen, Somerville, MA (US);

Michael Dawson-Haggerty, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

William Hartman Fort, Stratham, NH (US);

Christopher Geyer, Arlington, MA (US);

Jennifer Eileen King, Oakmont, PA (US);

Thomas Koletschka, Cambridge, MA (US);

Michael Cap Koval, Mountain View, CA (US);

Kyle Maroney, North Attleboro, MA (US);

Matthew T. Mason, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

William Chu-Hyon McMahan, Cambridge, MA (US);

Gene Temple Price, Cambridge, MA (US);

Joseph Romano, Arlington, MA (US);

Daniel Smith, Canonsburg, PA (US);

Siddhartha Srinivasa, Seattle, WA (US);

Prasanna Velagapudi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Thomas Allen, Reading, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01); B65G 67/02 (2006.01); B07C 5/36 (2006.01); B07C 5/38 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B61B 13/00 (2006.01); B61D 3/00 (2006.01); B61D 9/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/02 (2006.01); B65G 1/08 (2006.01); B65G 9/00 (2006.01); B65G 35/00 (2006.01); B65G 37/00 (2006.01); B65G 41/02 (2006.01); B65G 47/48 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01); B65G 47/96 (2006.01); B65G 65/00 (2006.01); B65G 65/23 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/0471 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 1/065 (2013.01); B65G 1/1375 (2013.01); B65G 67/02 (2013.01); B07C 5/361 (2013.01); B07C 5/38 (2013.01); B07C 2301/0091 (2013.01); B25J 9/106 (2013.01); B25J 9/162 (2013.01); B25J 9/1687 (2013.01); B61B 13/00 (2013.01); B61D 3/00 (2013.01); B61D 9/00 (2013.01); B65G 1/00 (2013.01); B65G 1/026 (2013.01); B65G 1/04 (2013.01); B65G 1/0478 (2013.01); B65G 1/0485 (2013.01); B65G 1/08 (2013.01); B65G 1/1371 (2013.01); B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); B65G 1/1378 (2013.01); B65G 9/002 (2013.01); B65G 9/008 (2013.01); B65G 35/00 (2013.01); B65G 37/00 (2013.01); B65G 41/02 (2013.01); B65G 47/48 (2013.01); B65G 47/902 (2013.01); B65G 47/904 (2013.01); B65G 47/96 (2013.01); B65G 65/005 (2013.01); B65G 65/23 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0258 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0216 (2013.01); B65G 2203/044 (2013.01); B65G 2811/0678 (2013.01); B65G 2814/0346 (2013.01); G05B 19/0428 (2013.01); G05B 19/41815 (2013.01); G05B 19/41895 (2013.01); G05B 2219/24001 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40078 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40252 (2013.01);
Abstract

A bin exchange system is disclosed that includes a plurality of automated carriers, each of which is adapted to be remotely movable on an array of track sections, at least one input station by which bins may be introduced to the array of track sections, at least one processing station in communication with the array of track sections wherein objects may be moved between bins, and at least one output station by which bins may be removed from the array of track sections.


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