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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2021
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey Joseph Gorges, Seattle, WA (US);
Claire Gottschalk, Bellevue, WA (US);
Scott Malcolm Waters, Hollis, NH (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a hub, a carrier structure and a first plurality of connective elements. The carrier structure surrounds the hub and holds a plurality of rollers that rotate within the carrier structure about an axis that is orthogonal to an axis of rotation of the hub. The first plurality of connective elements are coupled to the hub and the carrier structure. A connective element of the first plurality of connective elements elastically deforms to absorb an impact experienced by the carrier structure such that the rollers can rotate within the carrier structure while the carrier structure experiences the force.