US Patent Issued to Amazon Technologies on Sept. 8 for "Forced air package redirection systems for improved fill rates" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,025, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Forced air package redirection systems for improved fill rates" was invented by Adam Joseph Greenbaum (Waltham, Mass.), Ryan Neal Wasserman (Malden, Mass.) and Akshay Prashant Nawathe (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for forced air package redirection for improved fill rates. In one embodiment, an example sortation system may include a diverter configured to guide packages into a container, a first air delivery device configured to direct air at the package, a sensor configured to image the container, and a con...