Patents by Inventor Mike A. Shaffer

Mike A. Shaffer 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).

  • System and method for random mixed palletizing of products
    Patent number: 8406917
    Abstract: A system and method of the present invention randomly mixes and palletizes various containers received from a conveyor. A control system received an order in advance to cooperate with an automatic storage and retrieval system to pick the containers, ordered by various customers, and to place them on a second conveyor. A robotic device, such as a robotic arm or a gantry system, selectively picks the containers from the second conveyor and places the containers on a pallet in a mixed fashion. The pallets are delivered to the respective customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Inventors: Salahuddin F. Khan, Jeffrey A. Clark, Philip K. Ickes, Hans Peter Schuster, Mike A. Shaffer