Patents by Inventor James Byron Hanson

James Byron Hanson 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).

  • Semi-automated inventory transfer station
    Patent number: 9555978
    Abstract: An inventory transfer station is provided in connection with a workspace of an inventory management system. At the inventory transfer station, items are transferred from container holders to empty containers thereby generating containers that may fulfill orders for items. The inventory transfer station may be semi-automatically configured to transfer items from the container holders to the empty containers utilizing a vertical reciprocating conveyor that feeds empty containers to the inventory transfer station via an inbound conveyor lane associated with the inventory management system. Containers that have received items from the container holder may be transferred to an outbound conveyor lane that may, via the vertical reciprocating conveyor, feed fulfilled containers to a shipping area of the workspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Clement Hanssen, Jayson Michael Jochim, Brent Alan Hill, David Dickman Wong, Dawn Cecelia Ferraro, James Byron Hanson, Maria Rebecca St. Vincent
  • Semi-automated inventory transfer station output merge logic
    Patent number: 9527669
    Abstract: An inventory transfer station is provided in connection with a workspace of an inventory management system. At the inventory transfer station, items are transferred from container holders to empty containers thereby generating containers that may fulfill orders for items. The inventory transfer station may be semi-automatically configured to transfer items from the container holders to the empty containers utilizing a vertical reciprocating conveyor that feeds empty containers to the inventory transfer station via an inbound conveyor lane associated with the inventory management system. Containers that have received items from the container holder may be transferred to an outbound conveyor lane that may, via the vertical reciprocating conveyor, feed fulfilled containers to a shipping area of the workspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Clement Hanssen, Jayson Michael Jochim, Brent Alan Hill, David Dickman Wong, Dawn Cecelia Ferraro, James Byron Hanson, Maria Rebecca St. Vincent
  • Semi-automated inventory transfer station output merge logic
    Patent number: 9409711
    Abstract: An inventory transfer station is provided in connection with a workspace of an inventory management system. At the inventory transfer station, items are transferred from container holders to empty containers thereby generating containers that may fulfill orders for items. The inventory transfer station may be semi-automatically configured to transfer items from the container holders to the empty containers utilizing a vertical reciprocating conveyor that feeds empty containers to the inventory transfer station via an inbound conveyor lane associated with the inventory management system. Containers that have received items from the container holder may be transferred to an outbound conveyor lane that may, via the vertical reciprocating conveyor, feed fulfilled containers to a shipping area of the workspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Clement Hanssen, Jayson Michael Jochim, Brent Alan Hill, David Dickman Wong, Dawn Cecelia Ferraro, James Byron Hanson, Maria Rebecca St. Vincent