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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2018
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Travis James Gschrey, Billerica, MA (US);
Eric Burbank, Bedford, MA (US);
Oliver Lewis, Waltham, MA (US);
Milan Modh, Waltham, MA (US);
Sophia Wennstedt, Bedford, MA (US);
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides, in one aspect, an autonomous cleaning robot including a body, a drive operable to move the body across a floor surface, and a circuit board mounted below an upper surface of the body of the autonomous cleaning robot. The autonomous cleaning robot also includes one or more electrical contacts, a base of each electrical contact being mounted on the circuit board and a contact tip of each electrical contact being configured to protrude through a corresponding opening in the upper surface, wherein each electrical contact comprises a double curved structure to allow the electrical contact to be vertically flexible. The autonomous cleaning robot also includes a hinged lid including one or more contact pads, the one or more contact pads being configured to contact corresponding electrical contacts protruding through the upper surface as the lid is opened or closed.