Patents by Inventor Mike Poma

Mike Poma 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 palletizing cases having mixed sizes and shapes
    Patent number: 7266422
    Abstract: A method for stacking cases on a pallet includes supplying cases to a buffer, determining physical characteristics of buffer cases including dimensions of a case base and case height, and determining available positions on the pallet where a buffer case can be placed. Rules for selecting a case from the buffer for placement on the pallet are applied to at least a portion of the buffer cases to identify a selected buffer case that satisfies at least one of the rules and a corresponding place on the pallet for the selected case. Then the selected case is removed from the buffer and placed on the pallet in the corresponding place by an industrial robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Fanuc Robotics America, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald DeMotte, Mike Poma, Andrew Monique