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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.:

US 10696167 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2017

Adjustable charging robot

Applicant:

Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;

Inventor:

Timo Wetzel, Eppingen, DE;

Assignee:

Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, , DE;

Attorney:

RatnerPrestia

Primary Examiner:

Zixuan Zhou

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/22 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/36 (2019.01); B60L 53/65 (2019.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01); H01R 43/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1812 (2013.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/22 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/36 (2019.02); B60L 53/65 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); H01R 13/631 (2013.01); H01R 43/26 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/705 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7044 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7088 (2013.01); Y02T 90/121 (2013.01); Y02T 90/125 (2013.01); Y02T 90/127 (2013.01); Y02T 90/128 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/163 (2013.01); Y02T 90/169 (2013.01); Y04S 30/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A charging robot connects a contact-making device of an electric charging apparatus to an electric charging interface of a vehicle. The charging robot has a robot arm, which can be connected to the contact-making device. The robot arm is movable in at least three degrees of freedom in order to connect the contact-making device to the charging interface. The charging robot has a detection device for detecting an alignment of the vehicle charging interface. The robot arm has an adjuster for adjusting the contact-making device on the robot. Also described is a charging system for charging an electric energy store of a vehicle, and a method for adjusting the charging robot. The method includes detecting an alignment of the charging interface on the vehicle, and adjusting the contact-making device on the charging robot on the basis of the detected alignment of the charging interface.

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