US Patent Issued to Berkshire Grey Operating on Oct. 14 for "Buffering systems and methods for dynamic processing of objects" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,553, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Berkshire Grey Operating Co. Inc. (Bedford, Mass.).

"Buffering systems and methods for dynamic processing of objects" was invented by Robert Williams (Natick, Mass.), Anthony Paul (Boston) and Nector Ritzakis (Lexington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buffering system is disclosed for use between an upper processing area and a lower processing area. The buffering system includes a belt and at least one roller around at least a portion of which the belt extends. The belt is anchored at a first anchor location to a frame. The buffering system also includes an actuation system for moving t...