Patents by Inventor Ben Philipsen

Ben Philipsen 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).

  • Patent number: 11940198
    Abstract: A system for blast-freezing items includes a plurality of cells arranged side-by-side, each cell including a housing with a bay space, a plenum, a front air passage, a rear air passage, and a fan. The fan is positioned in the plenum and configured to circulate air through the bay space. Each cell also includes a plurality of channels to separate pathways of air to segments of the bay space. The system also includes a plurality of crane rails extending between rows of cells and at least one crane capable of traveling along the plurality of crane rails to load or unload each of the plurality of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Lineage Logistics, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Walet, Alexander Ming Zhang, Claire O'Connor, Ben Philipsen
  • Publication number: 20230349621
    Abstract: A system for blast-freezing items includes a plurality of cells arranged side-by-side, each cell including a housing with a bay space, a plenum, a front air passage, a rear air passage, and a fan. The fan is positioned in the plenum and configured to circulate air through the bay space. Each cell also includes a plurality of channels to separate pathways of air to segments of the bay space. The system also includes a plurality of crane rails extending between rows of cells and at least one crane capable of traveling along the plurality of crane rails to load or unload each of the plurality of cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Daniël Walet, Alexander Ming Zhang, Claire O’Connor, Ben Philipsen
  • Publication number: 20230168022
    Abstract: A system for blast-freezing items includes a plurality of cells arranged side-by-side, each cell including a housing with a bay space, a plenum, a front air passage, a rear air passage, and a fan. The fan is positioned in the plenum and configured to circulate air through the bay space. Each cell also includes a plurality of channels to separate pathways of air to segments of the bay space. The system also includes a plurality of crane rails extending between rows of cells and at least one crane capable of traveling along the plurality of crane rails to load or unload each of the plurality of cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Daniël Walet, Alexander Ming Zhang, Claire O'Connor, Ben Philipsen
  • Publication number: 20220332504
    Abstract: Systems and methods for profiling a pallet in a warehouse can include a turntable that rotates the pallet, conveyor belts that move the pallet, and a vertical profiling structure, having cameras mounted at different locations, in a stationary position proximate to a side of the turntable. A photo booth can also be used to provide uniform lighting. A computing system can instruct a conveyor belt to automatically route the pallet onto the turntable, instruct the cameras to capture image data of the pallet as it rotates on the turntable, receive the image data, and retrieve image-based models of the pallet that were trained using images of pallets having unique identifiers. The computing system can determine, based on applying the image-based models to the image data, whether the pallet's unique identifier is identifiable, and transmit, to a warehouse management system, a notification indicating whether the unique identifier is identifiable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Caitlin Voegele, Daniel Thomas Wintz, Haig Atikian, Daniël Walet, Maxwell Micali, Chloe Mawer, Ben Philipsen, Stef Raeymakers, Natalie Novitski, Michael Lingzhi Li, Elliott Gerard Wolf, Gabe Judson, Tim McMahon, Steve Hansen