Patents by Inventor Steven Klehr

Steven Klehr 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).

  • Robotic item sortation and optimization along the vertical axis
    Patent number: 10246258
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for robotic item sortation and optimization along the vertical axis in a conveyor-based system. A robotic system may be mounted above or adjacent to a conveyor system that moves items along a conveyor belt or similar device. Once an item is laterally diverted from the conveyor system, the robotic system may collect the item at a respective holding station and move the item along a vertical axis for placement in one of a plurality of vertically-configured item handling devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Karl Lisso, Steven Klehr, Sean Maylone, Vignesh Kumar Sivasamy, Samuel Christopher Uhlman
  • Air pressure assisted conveyance system
    Patent number: 10202243
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for using air pressure to increase or decrease the force of static friction between an item and the surface of a conveyance system. The conveyance system can include a track and a conveyor segment affixed to the track. The conveyor segment can include an air permeable surface on which an item can be placed. Mounted underneath the air permeable surface is an air displacement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Karl Lisso, Steven Klehr, Sean Maylone, Laura Rubin, Vignesh Kumar Sivasamy, Samuel Christopher Uhlman, Scott Douglas King
  • ROBOTIC ITEM SORTATION AND OPTIMIZATION ALONG THE VERTICAL AXIS
    Publication number: 20180105363
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for robotic item sortation and optimization along the vertical axis in a conveyor-based system. A robotic system may be mounted above or adjacent to a conveyor system that moves items along a conveyor belt or similar device. Once an item is laterally diverted from the conveyor system, the robotic system may collect the item at a respective holding station and move the item along a vertical axis for placement in one of a plurality of vertically-configured item handling devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Gregory Karl Lisso, Steven Klehr, Sean Maylone, Vignesh Kumar Sivasamy, Samuel Christopher Uhlman