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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2023
Applicant:
Symbotic Llc, Wilmington, MA (US);
Inventors:
William J. Fosnight, Windham, NH (US);
John G. Lert, Jr., Wakefield, MA (US);
Michael Duquette, Candia, NH (US);
Martin R. Elliott, Bedford, NH (US);
Julian D. Warhurst, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Charles W. Su, Stratham, NH (US);
Alan J. Grant, Nashua, NH (US);
Assignee:
Symbotic LLC, Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B25J 5/005 (2013.01); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); B65G 1/1373 (2013.01);
Abstract
An automated order fulfillment system and mobile robot are disclosed, where the mobile robot includes a compliant drive for moving between levels of a multilevel storage structure. In one example, the compliant drive comprises a drive shaft having splines configured to provide rotational play that prevents jamming of a vertical drive gear on the end of the shaft with a rack in a vertical track.