The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2023
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Christine Leonore Fuller, Mountain View, CA (US);
Curt Salisbury, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin Bedard, Revere, MA (US);
Matthew Aaron Frost, Pasadena, CA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for end of arm tools having conveyance surfaces and related item manipulation devices. In one embodiment, an example item manipulation device may include a first conveyor assembly having a first conveyance surface configured to actuate in a first direction, a second conveyor assembly having a second conveyance surface that opposes the first conveyance surface, the second conveyance surface configured to actuate in the first direction, where the item manipulation device may grasp an item between the first conveyor assembly and the second conveyor assembly, and a controller configured to cause the item to be grasped between the first conveyor assembly and the second conveyor assembly, and actuate the first conveyor assembly and the second conveyor assembly to unload the item from the item manipulation device.