Patents by Inventor Robert T. SULLIVAN

Robert T. 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).

  • Automated bot with transfer arm
    Patent number: 12214959
    Abstract: A method for transporting a payload pickface, the method comprising an autonomous transport vehicle payload bed of an autonomous guided transport vehicle and providing a transfer arm disposed in the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed and defining at least a portion of the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed so that a payload pickface is seated on and stably held in the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed by at least a portion of the transfer arm for autonomous guided transport vehicle travel, the transfer arm being configured to extend along a first axis to transfer the payload pickface to and from the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed, and effecting picking and placing of the payload pickface with the transfer arm including fingers that define a payload bed support surface of the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Symbotic LLC
    Inventors: Stephen C. Toebes, Robert T. Sullivan
  • AUTOMATED BOT WITH TRANSFER ARM
    Publication number: 20210380337
    Abstract: A method for transporting a payload pickface, the method comprising an autonomous transport vehicle payload bed of an autonomous guided transport vehicle and providing a transfer arm disposed in the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed and defining at least a portion of the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed so that a payload pickface is seated on and stably held in the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed by at least a portion of the transfer arm for autonomous guided transport vehicle travel, the transfer arm being configured to extend along a first axis to transfer the payload pickface to and from the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed, and effecting picking and placing of the payload pickface with the transfer arm including fingers that define a payload bed support surface of the autonomous transport vehicle payload bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen C. TOEBES, Robert T. SULLIVAN