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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2023
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Alan Bray, Elkhorn, NE (US);
Ganesh Krishnamoorthy, Seattle, WA (US);
Vivek S. Narayanan, Franklin, TN (US);
Max Alfonso Bruccoleri, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for a shuttle track system for efficiently sorting items and packages by increasing a throughput of shuttles loaded with items. To increase item shuttle throughput, a shuttle track designated for shuttles that transport items (e.g., item track) may be positioned between on either side of a tote track designed for shuttles that transport totes (e.g., tote tracks). Tote receiving areas which may support totes for receiving the items may be positioned between each item track and the tote track. Shuttles designed to transport items (e.g., item shuttles) may deliver items to the totes in the tote receiving areas via the item tracks and shuttles designed to retrieve and/or receive totes (e.g., tote shuttles) may retrieve and/or receive totes via the tote track. Multiple sortation levels may be stacked and interconnected via ramps and/or shuttle lift systems to maximize and/or optimize item shuttle throughput.