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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 11059375 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 12, 2019

Robots and apparatus, systems and methods for powering robots

Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

David W. Browning, Beaverton, OR (US);

Yoshifumi Nishi, Beaverton, OR (US);

Mark MacDonald, Beaverton, OR (US);

Assignee:

INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:

Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Harry Y Oh

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/04 (2006.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01); H02K 11/21 (2016.01); B60L 5/38 (2006.01); B60L 5/42 (2006.01); B60L 50/53 (2019.01); B60L 53/36 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 5/38 (2013.01); B60L 5/42 (2013.01); B60L 50/53 (2019.02); B60L 53/36 (2019.02); H02K 11/21 (2016.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01); B60L 2200/30 (2013.01); B60L 2200/40 (2013.01); B60L 2260/32 (2013.01); Y02T 10/64 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

Robots and apparatus, systems and methods for powering robots are disclosed. A disclosed conductive floor to power a robot on the floor includes a plurality of stationary conductors positioned in a pattern and a power delivery circuit to cause adjacent ones of the conductors to have different electrical potentials, the adjacent ones of the conductors to form a circuit to deliver power to the robot via contacts formed in a bottom surface of the robot.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Browning, David. (2021). Robots and apparatus, systems and methods for powering robots (U.S. Patent No. 11059375). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11059375

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