Patents by Inventor Curtis H. Nauseda

Curtis H. Nauseda 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).

  • Variable height nested containers based on rotational orientation
    Patent number: 10160569
    Abstract: Disclosed are containers that can nest with one another at different heights between the containers based on a relative orientation in which the containers are brought into nesting engagement. Support features (e.g., arranged about an interior of a receiving container and/or about an exterior of a received container) may interact with one another differently based on the particular orientation (e.g., rotational alignment) in which the containers are brought together, which can cause the containers to be supported at different heights relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: George Diep, Christopher Albert Park, Curtis H. Nauseda
  • Interference frames
    Patent number: 10119272
    Abstract: A structure installed at a station can include an interference member held above a mobile drive unit area of the station. The interference member can be positioned to allow an inventory holder and a mobile drive unit to pass underneath. The interference member can also be positioned to contact a topside of the inventory holder to prevent the inventory holder from tipping into a worker area of the station that is adjacent to the mobile drive unit area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish Shah, Amy Demicco, Curtis H. Nauseda, Yvetta Pols Sandhu, Brian Waite
  • VARIABLE HEIGHT NESTED CONTAINERS BASED ON ROTATIONAL ORIENTATION
    Publication number: 20180265252
    Abstract: Disclosed are containers that can nest with one another at different heights between the containers based on a relative orientation in which the containers are brought into nesting engagement. Support features (e.g., arranged about an interior of a receiving container and/or about an exterior of a received container) may interact with one another differently based on the particular orientation (e.g., rotational alignment) in which the containers are brought together, which can cause the containers to be supported at different heights relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: George Diep, Christopher Albert Park, Curtis H. Nauseda
  • Fabric pods
    Patent number: 9572426
    Abstract: In an infrastructure that uses a mobile order fulfillment system, mobile drive units may be dispatched and instructed to bring inventory holders that include fabric pods to a workstation where at least one of the inventory holders may be operated upon. Such fabric pods may include one or more fabric bin arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis H. Nauseda, Matthew David Verminski, Timothy Aaron Bragg