Patents by Inventor Larry J. Hoffman

Larry J. Hoffman 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).

  • Automated item handling systems and methods
    Patent number: 11939164
    Abstract: Described are automated systems and methods for the handling and processing of items at material handling facility. The exemplary systems and methods can receive the items from various upstream processes and systems and can process and handle the items so that they can be provided to various downstream processes and systems. The exemplary systems and methods can provide modular systems and methods that can perform automated singulation, sortation, retrieval, and packing of items without any manual handling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Joe Robb, Emily R. Parrish, Justin Stone, Jose Luis De La Rosa, Joshua Martin Middleton, Roland J. Menassa, Eli Douglas Girod, Maxim P. Hoffman, Mohammad Mosa, Vatsal Mehta
  • Cold set phenol-formaldehyde resin
    Patent number: 4311619
    Abstract: A phenol-aldehyde resin useful in such applications as a cold-set binder for cores and molds used in the foundry industry and reactive prepolymers used in reaction injection molding compositions produced by the steps of reacting a phenol and aldehyde in a mole ratio of 1 to 1-2.3 in the presence of catalytic amounts of an organic compound of aluminum, zirconium or titanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1982
    Assignee: Aristo Corporation
    Inventors: Charles E. Seeney, John F. Kraemer, Larry J. Hoffman