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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Locus Robotics Corp., Wilmington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Hian Kai Kwa, Reading, MA (US);
Christina Nicole Fong, Somerville, MA (US);
Michael Sussman, Winchester, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/35 (2019.01); H01R 13/05 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/35 (2019.02); H01R 13/05 (2013.01); H01R 13/6205 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 7/0027 (2013.01); H02J 7/00043 (2020.01); H02J 7/00047 (2020.01);
Abstract
A docking station for charging a robot including an electrical charger assembly affixed to the charger docking station and configured to mate with an electrical charging port on the robot when the robot is docked at the docking station for charging. There is at least one compliant member interconnecting the electrical charger assembly to a portion of the docking station to allow movement of the electrical charger assembly relative to the electrical charging port on the robot when the robot is mating with the docking station.