Patents by Inventor CLAUDIO RETTURA

CLAUDIO RETTURA 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: 9828178
    Abstract: An automated warehouse (1) comprises a plurality of drawers (2), each drawer comprising a plurality of housing zones (3) each adapted to receive an item (A). The warehouse also comprises moving means configured for moving a drawer (2) between a rest position in which it is stored in a respective housing seat (5) and an access portion (6), and vice versa. The access portion (6) comprises a laser targeting system (8) configured to generate at least one point-like beam (9) and at least a linear beam (10) defining a localization track to locate an item or a housing zone in the drawer (2) disposed in the access portion (6). The automated warehouse (1) comprises a control unit operatively connected at least to the laser targeting system (8) and programmed for receiving information on at least one item to be taken/stored, and controlling the laser targeting system (8) so as to position the localization track according to the item to be taken/stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: MODULA S.P.A. CON SOCIO UNICO
    Inventors: Franco Stefani, Claudio Rettura
  • Publication number: 20170121112
    Abstract: An automated warehouse (1) comprises a plurality of drawers (2), each drawer comprising a plurality of housing zones (3) each adapted to receive an item (A). The warehouse also comprises moving means configured for moving a drawer (2) between a rest position in which it is stored in a respective housing seat (5) and an access portion (6), and vice versa. The access portion (6) comprises a laser targeting system (8) configured to generate at least one point-like beam (9) and at least a linear beam (10) defining a localisation track to locate an item or a housing zone in the drawer (2) disposed in the access portion (6). The automated warehouse (1) comprises a control unit operatively connected at least to the laser targeting system (8) and programmed for receiving information on at least one item to be taken/stored, and controlling the laser targeting system (8) so as to position the localisation track according to the item to be taken/stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: FRANCO STEFANI, CLAUDIO RETTURA