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Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2024
Applicant:

Symbotic Llc, Wilmington, MA (US);

Inventor:

John Lert, Jr., Wakefield, MA (US);

Assignee:

Symbotic LLC, Wilmington, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 1/065 (2013.01); B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); B65G 1/1378 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automated warehouse storage system including a multilevel storage array is provided. Each aisle has a set of storage levels and each level has storage locations distributed along the aisle. The guideway network extending through the multilevel storage array is configured for autonomous vehicles to move along the guideway network within the multilevel storage array. The guideway network including an inter-aisle guideway spanning at least two of the multiple aisles and a set of guideway levels extending in an aisle of the multiple aisles and disposed so that each guideway level is at a different one of the storage levels and the vehicles on the guideway level can access the storage locations distributed along the aisle. Each set of guideway levels is connected to the inter-aisle guideway forming a common guideway path so that a vehicle can move between inter-aisle guideway and each guideway level along the common guideway path.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Lert, Jr., John. (2026). Automated system for transporting payloads (U.S. Patent No. 12522436). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12522436

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