Dinesh Mahadevan

US Patent:

20130153519, Jun 20, 2013

Filed:

Jun 24, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/703019

Inventors:

Erryn Ashmore - Berkley MI, US
Sten Burris - Oxford MI, US
Gary Banasiak - Troy MI, US
Dinesh Mahadevan - Rochester Hills MI, US

International Classification:

F24J 2/54

US Classification:

211 154

Abstract:

A solar tracker and more specifically to a modular support assembly for a solar tracker that allows reduced assembly and transportation costs.

US Patent:

20200385209, Dec 10, 2020

Filed:

Jan 16, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/478415

Inventors:

- Seattle WA, US
William Scott KALM - Seattle WA, US
Vahideh KAMRANZADEH - Seattle WA, US
Dinesh MAHADEVAN - Seattle WA, US
Tyson WITTROCK - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

B65G 1/137
B65G 1/02
B65G 1/127
B65G 35/06

Abstract:

In one embodiment, an inventory storage module has a first conveyor segment, a second conveyor segments offset from the first segment along a vertical direction, a first vertical lift at a first end of the module, and a second vertical lift at a second end of the module, which together define a movement path that is elongate along a longitudinal direction between the first and second ends. The storage module can translate inventory storage containers around the movement path until a desired one of the inventory storage containers is presented at one of the first end and the second end. In another embodiment, a plurality of instances of the storage module are arranged in a vertical stack of independently controllable storage modules.

US Patent:

20200338597, Oct 29, 2020

Filed:

Apr 29, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/398006

Inventors:

- Seattle WA, US
Joshua David Landry - Auburn WA, US
Brian Stuart Hoffman - Seattle WA, US
Peter A. Grant - Seattle WA, US
Dinesh Mahadevan - Everett WA, US

International Classification:

B07C 3/08
B65G 47/14
B65G 1/04
B65G 1/06
B65G 65/42
B65G 21/18
B65G 33/02
G06Q 10/08

Abstract:

A sortation system uses short conveyors or transporter units on a lift to move products or packages to totes in a storage rack. The lift may be a carousel. Automated components remove the totes from the rack and place them on outfeed conveyors. The system to remove the totes can include a transfer vehicle. The sortation system may be modular.

US Patent:

20190375591, Dec 12, 2019

Filed:

Jan 16, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/478405

Inventors:

- Seattle WA, US
William Scott KALM - Seattle WA, US
Vahideh KAMRANZADEH - Seattle WA, US
Dinesh MAHADEVAN - Seattle WA, US
Tyson WITTROCK - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc. - Seattle WA

International Classification:

B65G 1/127
B65G 1/02
B65G 1/137
B65G 35/06
G06Q 10/08

Abstract:

In one embodiment, an inventory storage module has a plurality of conveyor segments that define a movement path that is elongate along a longitudinal direction from a first end of the storage to a second end of the module. The module has a plurality of container carriers that are supported by the conveyor segments. Each container carrier supports at least one inventory storage container that supports at least one inventory item therein. The storage module can transfer the container carriers around the movement path until a desired one of the container carriers is presented at one of the first and second module ends. In another embodiment, a plurality of instances of the storage module are arranged in a vertical stack of independently controllable storage modules.

US Patent:

20190127159, May 2, 2019

Filed:

Oct 30, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/797562

Inventors:

- Seattle WA, US
Benjamin Douglas Garcia - Seattle WA, US
Vahideh Kamranzadeh - Seattle WA, US
Dinesh Mahadevan - Lynnwood WA, US
Tyson Wittrock - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

B65G 69/24

Abstract:

In one embodiment, an inventory storage module has a first conveyor segment, a second conveyor segment spaced below the first conveyor segment, a first vertical lift disposed at a first end of the module, and a second vertical lift disposed at a second end of the module. The first and second lifts each transfer inventory carriers between the first and second conveyor segments. The first conveyor segment, the second conveyor segment, the first vertical lift, and the second vertical lift together define a conveying loop in a vertical plane, and the storage module translates inventory carriers around the conveying loop until a desired one of the inventory carriers is presented at one of the first and second module ends. An inventory item can be retrieved from, or stowed in, the desired one of the inventory carriers at the one of the first and second module ends.