Patents by Inventor Lane Sturman

Lane Sturman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • End of arm tool capable of ejecting totes
    Patent number: 11167423
    Abstract: An end-of-arm tool lifts a stack of totes and ejects a lowermost tote one at a time. The tool includes fixed unloading arms on which an outgoing tote slides in response to a pusher. A pair of staging arms lift the totes above the outgoing tote to free the outgoing tote and enable the outgoing tote to slide on the unloading arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Maxim Hoffman, Roland Menassa, Lane Sturman, Lance Hartman
  • Support arm assembly
    Patent number: 8794579
    Abstract: An assembly for supporting a device for movement between several positions, the assembly comprising a first four-bar subassembly including proximate and distal ends and a second four-bar subassembly including proximate and distal ends and first and second link members that pivot about substantially parallel axis, the distal end of the first four-bar subassembly linked to the proximate end of the second four-bar subassembly for rotation about an additional axis that is substantially perpendicular to the parallel axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Steelcase, Inc.
    Inventors: Lane Sturman, Dan R. Tatman, Erik R. Peterson, Greg Lok
  • Support arm assembly
    Publication number: 20070040084
    Abstract: An assembly for supporting a device for movement between several positions, the assembly comprising a first four-bar subassembly including proximate and distal ends and a second four-bar subassembly including proximate and distal ends and first and second link members that pivot about substantially parallel axis, the distal end of the first four-bar subassembly linked to the proximate end of the second four-bar subassembly for rotation about an additional axis that is substantially perpendicular to the parallel axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Lane Sturman, Dan Tatman, Erik Peterson, Greg Lok