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Patent No.:

US 12252340 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2021

Movement systems and method for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Thomas Wagner, Concord, MA (US);

Kevin Ahearn, Fort Mill, SC (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:

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

Attorney:

Gesmer Updegrove LLP

Primary Examiner:

Zachary L Kuhfuss

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (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 1/0478 (2013.01); 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 1/0485 (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

An object processing system is disclosed that includes a plurality of track sections, and a plurality of remotely actuatable carriers for controlled movement along at least portions of the plurality of track sections, each of the actuatable carriers being instructed at any time to move a limited number of track section only.

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