US Patent Issued to Amazon Technologies on May 20 for "Removal and replacement of container shuttles from rail tracks" (Washington, Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,533, issued on May 20, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Removal and replacement of container shuttles from rail tracks" was invented by Rajeev Dwivedi (Sammamish, Wash.), Michael Alan Bray (Elkhorn, Neb.) and Ganesh Krishnamoorthy (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for removal and replacement of container shuttles from rail tracks. An example system for a shuttle coupled to a permanent magnet may include a track comprising a first rail segment and a second rail segment. The system may include an electromagnet disposed along the track, where the permanent magnet is separated f...