Inventor

KEVIN AHEARN

Inventor

US

Overview

2021–2026

Patent span

Performing operations

Primary field (CPC B)

Patents· 106 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

B25Jprimary

B25JManipulators20%

B65GTransport or storage devices, e.g. conveyors for loading or tipping, shop conveyor systems or pneumatic tube conveyors20%

B07CPostal sorting14%

G05BControl or regulating systems in general12%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes7%

Y02PClimate change mitigation technologies in the production or processing of goods4%

G06KGraphical data reading4%

B61BRailway systems3%

B61DBody details or kinds of railway vehicles3%

G05DSystems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables2%

PatentTitleYear

12,594,665Systems and methods for processing objects including a zone gantry system2026 12,544,915Systems and methods for acquiring and moving objects having complex outer surfaces2026 12,491,646Systems and methods for providing dynamic communicative lighting in a robotic environment2025 12,474,698Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated mobile matrix bins2025 12,440,987Processing systems and methods for providing processing of a variety of objects2025 12,434,270Systems and methods for providing for the processing of objects in vehicles2025 12,427,671Systems and methods for providing contact detection in an articulated arm2025 12,410,011Systems and methods for processing objects including an auto-shuttle system2025 12,404,117Systems and methods for providing singulation of objects for processing using object movement redistribution2025 12,404,105Systems and methods for processing objects including a linear gantry system2025 12,370,699Systems and methods for providing dynamic vacuum pressure in an articulated arm end effector2025 12,365,100Systems and methods for providing dynamic vacuum pressure at an end effector using a single vacuum source2025 12,350,713Perception systems and methods for identifying and processing a variety of objects2025 12,337,353Systems and methods for dynamic sortation of objects2025 12,304,061Systems and methods for providing high flow vacuum acquisition in automated systems2025 12,297,046Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated linear processing stations2025 12,286,310Systems and methods for processing objects2025 12,282,321Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated mobile matrix carriers2025 12,258,223Systems and methods for processing objects including transport vehicles2025 12,252,340Movement systems and method for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems2025 12,251,829Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated re-circulating processing stations2025 12,195,274Mobile carriers for use in systems and methods for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems2025 12,180,014Systems and methods for processing objects provided in vehicles2024 12,180,011Systems and methods for processing objects including semi-autonomous stations and automated output processing2024 12,180,005Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated processing stations2024 12,168,577Systems and methods for providing singulation of objects for processing2024 12,157,632Discontinuous grid system for use in systems and methods for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems2024 12,159,192Robotic systems and methods for identifying and processing a variety of objects2024 12,157,631Bin infeed and removal systems and methods for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems2024 12,151,364Systems and methods for acquiring and moving objects2024 12,153,994Systems and methods for processing objects including space efficient distribution stations and automated output processing2024 12,145,258Systems and methods for providing dynamic robotic control systems2024 12,145,798Systems and methods for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems2024 12,141,650Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated radial processing stations2024 12,134,189Systems and methods for efficiently moving a variety of objects2024 12,134,517Systems and methods for storing, retrieving and processing objects including stackable semicircular towers2024 12,128,557Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated processing2024 12,109,708Systems and methods for providing processing of a variety of objects employing motion planning2024 12,098,027Maintenance systems for use in systems and methods for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems2024 12,077,393Systems and methods for processing objects including transport vehicles2024 12,076,752Systems and methods for dynamic processing of objects2024 12,064,873Systems and methods for processing objects including a zone gantry system2024 12,059,810Processing systems and methods for providing processing of a variety of objects2024 12,032,367Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated mobile matrix bins2024 12,023,818Systems and methods for providing contact detection in an articulated arm2024 12,012,285Systems and methods for processing objects including a linear gantry system2024 11,986,859Perception systems and methods for identifying and processing a variety of objects2024 11,945,100Systems and methods for providing high flow vacuum acquisition in automated systems2024 11,945,003Systems and methods for providing for the processing of objects in vehicles2024 11,932,489Systems and methods for processing objects including an auto-shuttle system2024 11,884,495Systems and methods for processing objects provided in vehicles2024 11,866,255Discontinuous grid system for use in systems and methods for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems2024 11,865,699Systems and methods for acquiring and moving objects2024 11,866,261Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated processing stations2024 11,845,614Systems and methods for processing objects including semi-autonomous stations and automated output processing2023 11,839,974Systems and methods for efficiently moving a variety of objects2023 11,839,902Systems and methods for dynamic sortation of objects2023 11,842,248Systems and methods for processing objects including space efficient distribution stations and automated output processing2023 11,826,787Systems and methods for providing singulation of objects for processing using object movement redistribution2023 11,827,453Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated linear processing stations2023 11,820,605Systems and methods for providing singulation of objects for processing2023 11,814,246Bin infeed and removal systems and methods for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems2023 11,813,741Systems and methods for providing dynamic communicative lighting in a robotic environment2023 11,813,734Systems and methods for providing contact detection in an articulated arm2023 11,813,744Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated re-circulating processing stations2023 11,814,245Systems and methods for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems2023 11,780,684Systems and methods for processing objects2023 11,724,389Systems and methods for acquiring and moving objects having complex outer surfaces2023 11,724,394Systems and methods for providing processing of a variety of objects employing motion planning2023 11,718,479Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated radial processing stations2023 11,673,742Systems and methods for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems2023 11,661,275Maintenance systems for use in systems and methods for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems2023 11,660,763Systems and methods for providing vacuum valve assemblies for end effectors2023 11,634,282Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated processing stations2023 11,597,095Systems and methods for providing contact detection in an articulated arm2023 11,597,615Discontinuous grid system for use in systems and methods for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems2023 11,577,920Systems and methods for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems2023 11,554,916Systems and methods for storing, retrieving and processing objects including stackable semicircular towers2023 11,492,210Systems and methods for providing singulation of objects for processing2022 11,493,910Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated mobile matrix carriers2022 11,494,575Systems and methods for identifying and processing a variety of objects2022 11,492,212Systems and methods for processing objects including transport vehicles2022 11,478,923Systems and methods for processing objects including a zone gantry system2022 11,472,633Systems and methods for processing objects including semi-autonomous stations and automated output processing2022 11,471,917Systems and methods for providing for the processing of objects in vehicles2022 11,472,022Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated processing2022 11,458,507Systems and methods for dynamic processing of objects2022 11,426,881Systems and methods for providing dynamic vacuum pressure at an end effector using a single vacuum source2022 11,420,329Processing systems and methods for providing processing of a variety of objects2022 11,400,491Systems and methods for dynamic sortation of objects2022 11,402,831Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated mobile matrix bins2022 11,400,493Systems and methods for providing for the processing of objects in vehicles2022 11,390,459Systems and methods for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems2022 11,370,122Systems and methods for providing contact detection in an articulated arm2022 11,370,128Systems and methods for providing dynamic robotic control systems2022 11,370,127Systems and methods for acquiring and moving objects2022 11,365,051Systems and methods for processing objects including an auto-shuttle system2022 11,358,794Systems and methods for processing objects including a linear gantry system2022 11,351,575Perception systems and methods for identifying and processing a variety of objects2022 11,318,623Systems and methods for acquiring and moving objects2022 11,213,949Systems and methods for providing processing of a variety of objects employing motion planning2022 11,203,115Systems and methods for efficiently moving a variety of objects2021 11,198,224Systems and methods for providing dynamic vacuum pressure in an articulated arm end effector2021 11,185,996Systems and methods for providing vacuum valve assemblies for end effectors2021 11,161,689Movement systems and method for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems2021 11,148,890Mobile carriers for use in systems and methods for processing objects including mobile matrix carrier systems2021

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2021–2022Patents assigned to BERKSHIRE GREY INC (6)· patent assignee history

2021–2026Based in US· patent location history

2022–2026Patents assigned to BERKSHIRE GREY OPERATING COMPANY INC (100)· patent assignee history

2024Based in MA· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
BERKSHIRE GREY OPERATING COMPANY INC	100	2022–2026
BERKSHIRE GREY INC	6	2021–2022

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
US	105	2021–2026
MA	1	2024