Patents by Inventor Robert A. Sullivan

Robert A. Sullivan 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: 11078017
    Abstract: An autonomous transport vehicle is provided. The autonomous transport vehicle includes a payload bed and a transfer arm configured to extend along a first axis to transfer a pickface to and from the payload bed, the transfer arm including fingers that are independently movable along a second axis, substantially perpendicular to the first axis for picking and placing the pickface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Symbotic LLC
    Inventors: Stephen C. Toebes, Robert Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20210229932
    Abstract: A maintenance access system for a storage and retrieval system having a storage and retrieval space and automated transport vehicles disposed in the space. The system includes at least one maintenance access control unit associated with a portion of the space, at least one barrier in the space and defining a boundary of the portion of the space and configured to substantially prevent the passage of the vehicles past the at least one barrier, and a controller connected to the control unit, the controller being configured to receive a signal from the at least one control unit for isolating the portion of the space associated with the at least one control unit, where the controller in response to the signal closes the at least one barrier isolating the portion of the space and effects the removal from or shutting down of vehicles within the portion of the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Cyrulik, Robert Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20210147146
    Abstract: An automated storage and retrieval system including at least one autonomous transport vehicle, a transfer deck that defines a transport surface for the vehicle, at least one reciprocating lift, a first and second pickface interface station connected to the deck and spaced apart from each other, each station forming a pickface transfer interfacing between the vehicle on the deck and the lift at each station so that a pickface is transferred between the lift and the vehicle at each station, wherein the vehicle is configured to pick a first pickface at the first station, traverse the deck and buffer the first pickface, or at least a portion thereof, at the second station so that the second station has multiple pickfaces buffered on a common support in an order sequence of pickfaces according to a predetermined case out order sequence of mixed case pickfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Juergen D. Conrad, Robert Hsiung, Kirill K. Pankratov, Robert Sullivan, Larry M. Sweet
  • Patent number: 11008184
    Abstract: An automated storage and retrieval system includes a storage array of storage locations for case units. An in-out case conveyor is capable of bi-directionally transporting case units to and from the storage array, and an in-out loaded pallet conveyor is capable of bi-directionally transporting loaded pallets towards and away from the storage array. A palletizer-depalletizer cell includes a bi-directional pallet transport system with more than one independently driven pallet transports, each with a different pallet holder independently movable relative to a cell frame. Placement of case units commissioning a pallet layer loading a pallet, and removal of case units decommissioning a pallet layer unloading another pallet are both effected at the common pallet layer interface at a predetermined level of the cell frame. The pallet transports independently index a first and a second of the different pallet holders, each independently holding the pallet loading at the common pallet layer interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Symbotic LLC
    Inventors: Robert Sullivan, Gregory Thronson, Christopher Kiley, Todd E. Kepple, Jared Ploss
  • Patent number: 11009248
    Abstract: There is provided a comfort management system including a networked comfort management control device. The comfort management control device operates an HVAC interface to maintain an environment utilizing a determined comfort zone range for one or more occupants of an area treated by the HVAC system, and utilizes controlled deviations from an initial set point to maintain comfort while maximizing energy efficiency of the HVAC system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Airâ‚‚O Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Farouk Salem, Michael Robert Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11002455
    Abstract: A system cools a space toward target conditions using an air conditioning process based on a bank of different cooling device types. Some device types consume relatively less energy and are suitable for mild environmental conditions, others consume more energy and are needed for extreme conditions, while others may fill a middle ground. To help save energy, the system alters the air conditioning process by selecting one or a mix of cooling device types expected to be sufficient for current conditions. Current conditions corresponds to a supply air position on a psychrometric chart. Selection of the appropriate cooling device type(s) is made according to the location of the supply air position relative to a dew point, which is determined from the target conditions set by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Air2O Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Farouk Salem, Michael Robert Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20210114816
    Abstract: A pickface builder for a storage and retrieval system for storing goods units and having an in-feed conveyor and a picking device, each goods unit holding at least one product package therein, the pickface builder including a frame, a pusher member movably coupled to the frame, and a snugger member movably coupled to the frame, wherein the pickface builder is configured to receive goods units from the in-feed conveyor and the pusher member and snugger member are movable at least in a direction transverse to a direction of goods unit travel on the in-feed conveyor and configured to form the goods units into a pickface picked by the picking device as a unit and having a predetermined reference datum relating the pickface to a placement position of goods units forming the pickface along a storage surface of the storage and retrieval system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Robert SULLIVAN, Stephen C. Toebes
  • Patent number: 10981463
    Abstract: A charging system for autonomous transport vehicles including at least one charging contact disposed on each pick floor level of a storage and retrieval system, each of the at least one charging contact being located at a transfer station, at least one power supply configured to supply power to the at least one charging contact, and a controller in communication with the transfer station and being configured to communicate information relating to a transfer of items between the transfer station and a predetermined one of the autonomous transport vehicles and to apply power from the power supply to the at least one charging contact for charging the predetermined autonomous transport vehicle corresponding to the transfer and located at the transfer station, wherein the controller is configured to supply power to the charging contacts simultaneously with the predetermined autonomous transport vehicle exchanging items related to the transfer at the transfer station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Symbolic LLC
    Inventors: Robert Sullivan, Dmitry Vasilyev
  • Patent number: 10974910
    Abstract: A maintenance access system for a storage and retrieval system having a storage and retrieval space and automated transport vehicles disposed in the space. The system includes at least one maintenance access control unit associated with a portion of the space, at least one barrier in the space and defining a boundary of the portion of the space and configured to substantially prevent the passage of the vehicles past the at least one barrier, and a controller connected to the control unit, the controller being configured to receive a signal from the at least one control unit for isolating the portion of the space associated with the at least one control unit, where the controller in response to the signal closes the at least one barrier isolating the portion of the space and effects the removal from or shutting down of vehicles within the portion of the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Symbolic LLC
    Inventors: Michael Cyrulik, Robert Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10927104
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds that modulate protein function, to restore protein homeostasis and/or cell-cell adhesion. The invention provides methods of modulating protein-mediated diseases, such as cytokine-mediated diseases, disorders, conditions, or responses. Compositions of these compounds are also provided. Methods of treatment, amelioration, or prevention of protein-mediated diseases, disorders, and conditions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: BioTheryX, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle W. H. Chan, Frank Mercurio, Aparajita Hoskote Chourasia, Leah Fung, Robert Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20210047113
    Abstract: A storage and retrieval system is provided and includes a transfer deck having a longitudinal axis, a first storage section and a second storage section. The first storage section and second storage section are located on opposite sides of the transfer deck and are substantially symmetrically opposed to one another about the longitudinal axis, where each of the first and second storage sections includes storage aisles that are in communication with the transfer deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Sullivan, John Lert
  • Patent number: 10905684
    Abstract: Compounds with amino amide linkers and pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds are disclosed. In addition, methods of making such compounds and their uses for treating or ameliorating diseases, disorders, or conditions associated with protein malfunction, such as cancer, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: BioTheryX, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle W. H. Chan, Aparajita Hoskote Chourasia, Paul E. Erdman, Leah Fung, Frank Mercurio, Robert Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10896462
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system for aggregating and analyzing financial and other data for creating reports and decisions in real-time is provided. The system includes a first computer for sending an order, a server for receiving the order and sending an order communication, a second computer for receiving the order communication and transmitting account information, and an account server having at least one non-relational database containing transaction data related to a requester. A data relevancy engine operable on the server aggregates, analyzes, and performs calculations using the transaction data to generate reports based on one or more rules or rulesets. Each rule is created via a relational query directed at at least one of the one or more non-relational databases or at other existing rules. The system also provides an approved determination or a denied determination in response to a request for credit, other financing, a new account, insurance, or a lease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: FINANCIALAPPS, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Sullivan, Eduardo Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 10889593
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds that modulate protein function, to restore protein homeostasis, including cytokine, CK1?, GSPT1, aiolos, and/or ikaros activity, and cell-cell adhesion. The invention provides methods of modulating protein-mediated diseases, such as cytokine-mediated diseases, disorders, conditions, or responses. Compositions, including in combination with other cytokine and inflammatory mediators, are provided. Methods of treatment, amelioration, or prevention of diseases, disorders, or conditions associated with a protein, such as diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with cytokines, including inflammation, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, uveitis, inflammatory lung diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: BioTheryX, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle W. H. Chan, Paul E. Erdman, Leah Fung, Frank Mercurio, Robert Sullivan, Eduardo Torres
  • Patent number: 10875722
    Abstract: A pickface builder for a storage and retrieval system for storing goods units and having an in-feed conveyor and a picking device, each goods unit holding at least one product package therein, the pickface builder including a frame, a pusher member movably coupled to the frame, and a snugger member movably coupled to the frame, wherein the pickface builder is configured to receive goods units from the in-feed conveyor and the pusher member and snugger member are movable at least in a direction transverse to a direction of goods unit travel on the in-feed conveyor and configured to form the goods units into a pickface picked by the picking device as a unit and having a predetermined reference datum relating the pickface to a placement position of goods units forming the pickface along a storage surface of the storage and retrieval system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Symbotic LLC
    Inventors: Robert Sullivan, Stephen C. Toebes
  • Publication number: 20200399064
    Abstract: An autonomous transport vehicle for transferring case units to and from predefined storage areas in an automated case unit storage system, the automated case unit storage system including an array of multilevel storage racks with picking aisles passing therebetween and at least one multilevel vertical conveyor having movable shelves, the autonomous transport vehicle including a frame configured to traverse the picking aisles and a transfer deck connecting the picking aisles to the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor for transferring case units between the predefined storage areas and the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor, and a controller connected to the frame, the controller being configured to effect movement of the autonomous transport vehicle through the picking aisles for accessing each storage area within a respective level of the array of multilevel storage racks and each shelf of the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Sullivan, John Lert, Stephen C. Toebes, Foster Hinshaw, Nathan Ulrich
  • Patent number: 10857155
    Abstract: The present invention provides modulators of protein function, to restore protein homeostasis, including GSPT1 activity. The invention provides methods of modulating protein-mediated diseases, such as GSPT1-mediated diseases, disorders, conditions, or responses. Compositions are also provided. Methods of treatment, amelioration, or prevention of protein-mediated diseases, disorders, and conditions, such as GSPT1-mediated diseases, disorders, and conditions, including cancer and astrogliosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: BioTheryX, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle W. H. Chan, Paul E. Erdman, Leah Fung, Frank Mercurio, Robert Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10850921
    Abstract: An automated storage and retrieval system including at least one autonomous transport vehicle, a transfer deck that defines a transport surface for the vehicle, at least one reciprocating lift, a first and second pickface interface station connected to the deck and spaced apart from each other, each station forming a pickface transfer interfacing between the vehicle on the deck and the lift at each station so that a pickface is transferred between the lift and the vehicle at each station, wherein the vehicle is configured to pick a first pickface at the first station, traverse the deck and buffer the first pickface, or at least a portion thereof, at the second station so that the second station has multiple pickfaces buffered on a common support in an order sequence of pickfaces according to a predetermined case out order sequence of mixed case pickfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Symbotic LLC
    Inventors: Juergen D. Conrad, Robert Hsiung, Kirill K. Pankratov, Robert Sullivan, Larry M. Sweet
  • Publication number: 20200369679
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds, for example, a compound of Formula (I), that modulate a protein function and/or restore protein homeostasis. The disclosure provides a method of modulating a protein-mediated disease, disorder, condition, or response. Compositions, including in combination with other therapeutic agents, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Kyle W.H. Chan, Paul E. Erdman, Aparajita Hoskote Chourasia, Leah Fung, David Aaron Hecht, Imelda Lam, Frank Mercurio, Robert Sullivan, Eduardo Torres
  • Patent number: 10844039
    Abstract: Substituted isoindolinones of Formula (I), methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat or ameliorate diseases, disorders, or conditions associated with protein malfunction, such as cancer, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: BioTheryX, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle W. H. Chan, Aparajita Hoskote Chourasia, Paul E. Erdman, Leah Fung, Imelda Lam, Frank Mercurio, Robert Sullivan, Eduardo Torres