FOSTER DULLES HINSHAW
Pilots at Brewster St, Cambridge, MA

2012018, Jul 19, 2012

Dec 13, 2011

13/324651

Foster D. Hinshaw - Cambridge MA, US
William J. Fosnight - Saratoga Springs NY, US

Dunmow Systems Corporation - Cambridge MA

E04G 21/00, G06F 19/00, E04B 1/00

5274502, 527452, 700 95

A method of building a structure at a job site, the method comprising dividing the structure into multiple substructures, the multiple substructures defining the structure; selecting at least one construction automation module adapted to assist in assembly of the structure at the job site, the at least one construction automation module provided at the job site; defining a material kit for at least one substructure, the material kit having components; identifying automation assisted components of the material kit as one or more of the components identified to be handled by the at least one construction automation module; fabricating the material kit for the at least one substructure is provided, the components of the material kit being pre-cut to length and size; delivering the material kit to the job site; supplying the automation assisted components of the material kit to the automation component; and assembling the substructure using the automation component.

2012006, Mar 15, 2012

Jul 7, 2011

13/178344

Foster D. HINSHAW - Cambridge MA, US
William J. Fosnight - Saratoga Springs NY, US

Dunmow Systems Corporation - Cambridge MA

G06Q 10/06

705 723

A building material and workflow control system adapted to manage workflow associated with a building of a construction project at a job site. The building material and workflow control system has a server having a processor and a database. The processor is programmed to identify a construction sequence of the construction project. The processor is further programmed to identify kits of assets and materials needed to execute steps of the construction sequence. The processor is further programmed to identify and implement assembly features on the materials associated with use of the assets needed to execute steps of the construction sequence. The processor is further programmed to provide and stage the kits of assets and materials from a source to the jobsite utilizing real time dynamic knowledge of an erection state of the building at the job site.

2012017, Jul 12, 2012

Dec 13, 2011

13/324731

Foster D. Hinshaw - Cambridge MA, US
William J. Fosnight - Saratoga Springs NY, US

Dunmow Systems Corporation - Cambridge MA

B25C 5/00, E04B 1/38

527411, 527491

A construction fastening system adapted to fasten sheathing to framing with one or more fasteners. The fastening system has a frame and a fastening actuator coupled to the frame. The fastening actuator has a fastener reservoir portion and a fastener insertion portion. A position detector is coupled to the frame, the position detector connected to a controller, the position detector adapted to detect a position of the system. A trigger is coupled to the fastening actuator, the trigger coupled to the controller. The fastening actuator is adapted to insert a fastener from the reservoir into the sheathing upon actuation of the trigger. The controller is adapted to actuate the trigger upon detection of a predetermined change in the position of the system.

2012017, Jul 12, 2012

Dec 13, 2011

13/324700

Foster D. Hinshaw - Cambridge MA, US
William J. Fosnight - Saratoga Springs NY, US

Dunmow Systems Corporation - Cambridge MA

E04B 1/19, B23P 19/04, B27F 7/09, E04F 21/00

5274513, 527491, 29798, 227 19

A method of framing a structure at a job site. The method of framing has a step of providing a framing material kit having framing components, the framing components being pre cut to length and size to form at least a portion of the structure, the framing components having mating pins and mating sockets that mate during assembly of the structure. A step of assembling mating framing components from the framing components to form the portion of the structure by mating the mating pins and the mating sockets and fastening the mating framing components together is provided.

2010031, Dec 16, 2010

Apr 9, 2010

12/757220

John Lert - Wakefield MA, US
Stephen Toebes - Sunderland MA, US
Robert Sullivan - Wilmington MA, US
Foster Hinshaw - Cambridge MA, US
Nathan Ulrich - Lee NH, US

CasePick Systems, LLC - Wilmington MA

B65G 1/137, B65G 1/06

414273

A storage and retrieval system including a vertical array of storage levels, each storage level having, picking aisles, storage locations, disposed within the picking aisles, and at least one transfer deck providing access to the picking aisles, a multilevel vertical conveyor system configured to transport the uncontained case units to and from the vertical array of storage levels, each storage level being configured to receive uncontained case units from the multilevel vertical conveyor system, at least one autonomous transport located on each storage level for transporting the uncontained case units between respective storage locations and the multilevel vertical conveyor system, and a controller configured to create a primary access path through the transfer decks and picking aisles to a predetermined one of the storage locations and at least one secondary access path to the predetermined one of the storage locations when the primary path is impassible.

2012006, Mar 15, 2012

Jul 7, 2011

13/178138

FOSTER D. HINSHAW - Cambridge MA, US
William J. Fosnight - Saratoga Springs NY, US

Dummow Systems Corporation - Cambridge MA

B27B 5/29

83364

A automated stick cutting system is provided adapted to produce stick-frame construction components from material for building construction. The automated stick cutting system has a frame having an in-feed portion and an out-feed portion. A saw is adapted to cut the material, the saw coupled to the frame. An in-feed drive is coupled to the frame, the in-feed drive adapted to accept the material from the in-feed portion and feed the material to the saw. A position detector is coupled to the frame, the position detector adapted to track a position of the material relative to the in-feed drive. An out-feed drive is adapted to accept the material uncut from the in-feed drive, the out-feed drive adapted to accept the material cut from the saw and feed cut material to the out-feed portion. An edge detector is adapted to detect a leading edge of the material when being fed to the saw by the in-feed drive. The position detector and the edge detector cooperate with operation of the saw to meter lengths of the material through the in-feed drive and to cut a predetermined length of the material with the saw.

8425173, Apr 23, 2013

Apr 9, 2010

12/757312

John Lert - Wakefield MA, US
Stephen Toebes - Sunderland MA, US
Robert Sullivan - Wilmington MA, US
Foster D Hinshaw - Cambridge MA, US
Nathan Ulrich - Lee NH, US

Symbotic LLC - Wilmington MA

B65G 1/04

414280, 414279, 700214, 700218

An autonomous transport vehicle for transferring case units to and from predefined storage areas in an automated case unit storage system, the automated case unit storage system including an array of multilevel storage racks with picking aisles passing therebetween and at least one multilevel vertical conveyor having movable shelves, the autonomous transport vehicle including a frame configured to traverse the picking aisles and a transfer deck connecting the picking aisles to the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor for transferring case units between the predefined storage areas and the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor, and a controller connected to the frame, the controller being configured to effect movement of the autonomous transport vehicle through the picking aisles for accessing each storage area within a respective level of the array of multilevel storage racks and each shelf of the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor.

2010032, Dec 23, 2010

Apr 9, 2010

12/757381

John Lert - Wakefield MA, US
Stephen Toebes - Sunderland MA, US
Robert Sullivan - Wilmington MA, US
Foster D. Hinshaw - Cambridge MA, US

CASEPICK SYSTEMS, LLC - Wilmington MA

B65G 1/137, B65G 1/06

414273, 414807

A storage and retrieval system including a vertical array of storage levels, each storage level having storage locations, a multilevel vertical conveyor system configured to transport the uncontained case units to and from the vertical array of storage levels, each storage level being configured to receive uncontained case units from the multilevel vertical conveyor system, at least one autonomous transport confined to each storage level, the at least one autonomous transport being configured to transport the uncontained case units between respective storage locations and the multilevel vertical conveyor system, and a controller configured to effect operation of the multilevel vertical conveyor system and at least one autonomous transport for assembling orders of uncontained case units of different types without moving bundles of the same uncontained case unit type throughout the storage and retrieval system.

7991505, Aug 2, 2011

Dec 14, 2007

12/002309

Foster D. Hinshaw - Cambridge MA, US

CasePick Systems, LLC - Watertown MA

G06F 7/00, B65G 65/00, B65G 1/00, B65H 1/00

700214, 700216, 700228, 414284, 414806, 414268, 414275, 1983471

Methods and apparatus for selecting and combining packages in an outbound container by employing autonomous transfer and transport vehicles which move on a network of roadways to carry a plurality of individual cases each containing the same kind of product from a loading station and to a destination station where individual packages are combined in the outbound container. The travel of each vehicle through the roadway network is computer controlled, and each vehicle includes means for automatically loading and unloading packages from predetermined locations on the network.

8594835, Nov 26, 2013

Apr 9, 2010

12/757337

John Lert - Wakefield MA, US
Stephen Toebes - Sunderland MA, US
Robert Sullivan - Wilmington MA, US
Foster D Hinshaw - Cambridge MA, US
Nathan Ulrich - Lee NH, US
Eric Peters - Carlisle MA, US

Symbotic, LLC - Wilmington MA

G06F 7/00, B65G 1/00

700221, 700217, 700213, 700214, 700216, 700215, 414273, 414277, 414280, 414267

A warehouse storage and retrieval system including an array of multilevel storage racks having at least one transfer deck, picking isles and storage areas disposed along picking isles, the storage areas being configured to hold differing loads, and a controller including a management module configured to variably size the storage areas of the array of multilevel storage rack modules and assign each of the variably sized storage areas to a corresponding one of the differing loads, wherein the storage and retrieval system is arranged to transport the differing loads for placement in the variably sized storage areas assigned by the controller.