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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
May. 20, 2016
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Patrick Ryan Dingle, Acton, MA (US);
Matthew David Verminski, North Andover, MA (US);
Peter K. Mansfield, Bellevue, WA (US);
Andrew Stubbs, Waltham, MA (US);
Sean Hugh Breheny, Watertown, MA (US);
Peter R. Wurman, Acton, MA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Some examples include charging an onboard power source of a mobile drive unit (MDU) of an inventory system while the MDU is operating in the inventory system, rather than removing the MDU from service for recharging. As an example, the MDU may receive instructions to retrieve an inventory holder, and an onboard power source of the MDU may be charged while the MDU and the inventory holder are located at the charging station.