US Patent Issued to Amazon Technologies on Jan. 20 for "Concentric suction cup tools with integrated air chambers" (American, Luxembourger Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,653, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Concentric suction cup tools with integrated air chambers" was invented by Felipe De Arruda Camargo Polido (North Reading, Mass.), Vincent Kerstholt (Luxembourgh, Luxembourg) and Aaron Size (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for concentric suction cup tools with integrated air chambers. In one embodiment, an example picking assembly may include a vacuum manifold having a first integrated air pressure path and a second integrated air pressure path, and a first piston subassembly that includes a first air pipe, a f...