Patents by Inventor Joseph Aubin

Joseph Aubin 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).

  • MECHANICAL GUARD BOT BLOCKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220281494
    Abstract: An automated order fulfillment facility including one or more rows of storage locations for storing totes or other containers, mobile robots configured to move along and/or between rails to transfer the totes or other containers to and from the storage locations, and an energy absorbing mechanical guard mounted at a point along the rails to block or stop a runaway mobile robot. The energy absorbing mechanical guard may be configured to stop mobile robots traveling at a maximum rate of speed for the mobile robots, without damaging the mobile robots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: ALERT INNOVATION INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Aubin, Alan Grant, William J. Fosnight, Frederick M. Morgan, Karl Koch, Michael Chesna