Patents by Inventor David B. Simpson

David B. Simpson 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).

  • HIGH THROUGHPUT WORKSTATIONS AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20260225810
    Abstract: A system, comprising: mobile robots; a storage structure accessible by the mobile robots and configured to store a container of the containers; workstations accessible by the mobile robots; and a first transit deck; wherein each of the workstations comprises: a first set of one or more substations in a first orientation, and a second set of one or more substations in a second orientation, wherein each substation of the first and second sets of one or more substations comprises a respective access port accessible by the mobile robots and configured to enable a respective container to be exposed through the access port; and an access area defined by boundaries of both of the first set of one or more substations and the second set of one or more substations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2025
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Inventors: Mary Lucia L. Barnard, William J. Fosnight, David B. Simpson, Michael W. Chesna, Alan J. Grant, Frederick M. Morgan, Derek J. McGearty
  • Automatic storage and retrieval system having staging and sequencing buffer locations and segregated storage
    Patent number: 12606379
    Abstract: An order fulfillment system includes a storage structure for storing totes, workstations for processing customer orders and a staging and sequencing buffer having staging locations for storing the totes. The staging and sequencing buffer provides a buffer for totes as mobile robots transfer totes from the storage structure and to the one or more workstations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Symbotic LLC
    Inventors: David B. Simpson, William J. Fosnight, John G. Lert, Jr.
  • AUTOMATIC STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM HAVING STAGING AND SEQUENCING BUFFER LOCATIONS AND SEGREGATED STORAGE
    Publication number: 20230095494
    Abstract: An order fulfillment system includes a storage structure for storing totes, workstations for processing customer orders and a staging and sequencing buffer having staging locations for storing the totes. The staging and sequencing buffer provides a buffer for totes as mobile robots transfer totes from the storage structure and to the one or more workstations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: ALERT INNOVATION INC.
    Inventors: David B. Simpson, William J. Fosnight, John G. Lert, JR.