Patents
US 11911796 B2: Package handling and sorting system
- Granted
- 2024-02-27
- Filed
- 2021-11-15 application 17526523
- Type
- Utility · 14 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A package sort cell includes a robot with an end of arm tool for transporting packages from an in-feed conveyor to a selected one of a plurality of out-feed conveyors or bins, the robot receiving instruction from the package reader as to which of the plurality of conveyors or bins to hand-off the package. An end of arm tool may be in the configuration of a conveyor which may be aligned with the out-feed conveyor on a bottom up movement. The end of arm tool may also be in the configuration of a hanging carriage frame suspending a conveyor in a top down movement. A worker platform may be provided which may be movable between in-use and out-of-use positions whereby upon robot downtime, the platform may move into the in-use position for a worker to temporarily takeover the transfer functions of the robot. A plurality of sort cells may be arranged in side by side relation adjacent a like plurality of package delivery points (e.g., truck bays) and include diverter conveyors to allow diversion of a selected quantity of packages from one cell to an adjacent cell when the adjacent cell has no associated package delivery occurring at that time.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240227.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| InTunes Products, LLC 5 patents | US company or organization | Webster, NY | INTUNES PRODUCTS, LLC State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Marseglia | Webster, NY | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Michael Fisher | Webster, NY | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Scott Baube | Webster, NY | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Christopher Angevine | Webster, NY | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Greggory Bartoo | Webster, NY | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Dennis O'Neill | Webster, NY | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Austin Smith | Webster, NY | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B07C | Postal sorting; sorting individual articles, or bulk material fit to be sorted piece-meal, e.g. by picking | B07C3/08 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B25J | Manipulators; chambers provided with manipulation devices | B25J9/0093 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B65G | Transport or storage devices, e.g. conveyors for loading or tipping, shop conveyor systems or pneumatic tube conveyors | B65G21/12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | CALVARY ROBOTICS INC. signed 2026-04-20 | MIDCAP FINANCIAL TRUST, AS COLLATERAL AGENT BETHESDA, MD | 74423/834 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2026-04-15 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | INTUNES PRODUCTS, LLC signed 2025-12-18 | CALVARY ROBOTICS INC. WEBSTER, NY | 74377/73 | PASDL, file of 2026-08-03 |
| 2021-11-15 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | FISHER, MICHAEL signed 2020-05-28 O'NEILL, DENNIS signed 2020-05-28 MARSEGLIA, MICHAEL signed 2020-05-30 ANGEVINE, CHRISTOPHER signed 2020-05-31 BARTOO, GREGGORY signed 2020-06-05 SMITH, AUSTIN signed 2020-06-05 BAUBE, SCOTT signed 2020-06-10 | INTUNES PRODUCTS, LLC WEBSTER, NY | 58114/670 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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