Patents by Inventor Joshua B. Chaitin-Pollak

Joshua B. Chaitin-Pollak 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: 9493303
    Abstract: A method for processing waste in a material handling system includes detecting an occurrence of a trigger event associated with a waste holder located at a first location and, in response to detecting the trigger event, moving a mobile drive unit to the first location. The method also includes loading waste material onto the mobile drive unit at the first location and transporting the waste material to a waste station using the mobile drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter R. Wurman, Michael Barbehenn, Aron Klair Insinga, Eric Leventhal Arthen, Joshua B. Chaitin-Pollak
  • Publication number: 20140303773
    Abstract: A method for processing waste in a material handling system includes detecting an occurrence of a trigger event associated with a waste holder located at a first location and, in response to detecting the trigger event, moving a mobile drive unit to the first location. The method also includes loading waste material onto the mobile drive unit at the first location and transporting the waste material to a waste station using the mobile drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Peter R. Wurman, Michael Barbehenn, Aron Klair Insinga, Eric Leventhal Arthen, Joshua B. Chaitin-Pollak
  • Patent number: 8798786
    Abstract: A method for processing waste in a material handling system includes detecting an occurrence of a trigger event associated with a waste holder located at a first location and, in response to detecting the trigger event, moving a mobile drive unit to the first location. The method also includes loading waste material onto the mobile drive unit at the first location and transporting the waste material to a waste station using the mobile drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter R. Wurman, Michael Barbehenn, Aron Klair Insinga, Eric Leventhal Arthen, Joshua B. Chaitin-Pollak
  • Publication number: 20110153063
    Abstract: A method for processing waste in a material handling system includes detecting an occurrence of a trigger event associated with a waste holder located at a first location and, in response to detecting the trigger event, moving a mobile drive unit to the first location. The method also includes loading waste material onto the mobile drive unit at the first location and transporting the waste material to a waste station using the mobile drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Kiva Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter R. Wurman, Michael Barbehenn, Aron Klair Insinga, Eric Leventhal Arthen, Joshua B. Chaitin-Pollak