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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Inventor:
Suhas E. Chelian, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/54 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B60J 11/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60P 1/43 (2006.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/5404 (2013.01); B25J 11/008 (2013.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60P 1/435 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle for transporting and communicating with a robot includes a vehicle body and a robot dock mechanically coupled to the vehicle body and configured to mechanically couple the robot to the vehicle body. The vehicle also includes an input/output port configured to be electrically coupled to the robot. The vehicle also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the input/output port and configured to transmit a signal to the robot via the input/output port to at least one of program the robot or control the robot.