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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Thomas Wagner, Concord, MA (US);

Kevin Ahearn, Nebo, NC (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 Carlton Smith, Canonsburg, PA (US);

Siddhartha Srinivasa, Seattle, WA (US);

Prasanna Velagapudi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Thomas Allen, Reading, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 7/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 9/12 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1612 (2013.01); B25J 9/109 (2013.01); B25J 9/126 (2013.01); B25J 15/0028 (2013.01); B25J 15/0038 (2013.01); B25J 15/0616 (2013.01);
Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, the invention provides an end effector for use with a programmable motion device. The end effector includes a pair of mutually opposing surfaces, at least one of the pair of mutually opposing surfaces being movable with respect to an end effector support structure for supporting the at least one of the pair of mutually opposing surfaces.


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