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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Peter Thomas Colantonio, North Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/20 (2006.01); B66F 9/065 (2006.01); B66F 9/06 (2006.01); B66F 9/075 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/20 (2013.01); B66F 9/063 (2013.01); B66F 9/065 (2013.01); B66F 9/07559 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mobile drive unit for an inventory system includes a base suspended from a frame by a pivot assembly, such as a first link and a second link. The base supports a platform configured to engage an inventory holder of the inventory system. Movement of the base causes the platform to tip, such as away from a direction of a reaction force acting on the base due to acceleration or deceleration of the mobile drive unit.