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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2019
Clearpath Robotics Inc., Kitchener, CA;
Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Kitchener, CA;
Matthew Allen Rendall, Waterloo, CA;
John Duncan Edwards, Guelph, CA;
Aaron Wilson, Cambridge, CA;
Simon Drexler, Puslinch, CA;
Scott Waters, Kitchener, CA;
Aaron Gerlach, Hamilton, CA;
Mark Podbevsek, Kitchener, CA;
Michael Irvine, Mississauga, CA;
Vaibhav Kumar Mehta, Kitchener, CA;
Peiyi Chen, Waterloo, CA;
Amritpal Saini, Kitchener, CA;
Robert Dam, Waterloo, CA;
Michael O'Driscoll, Waterloo, CA;
Arsalan Alim, Mississauga, CA;
Clearpath Robotics Inc., Kitchener, CA;
Abstract
There is provided an electrically-powered material-transport vehicle having a vehicle-charging contact on one side of the vehicle, and a second vehicle-charging contact on the opposite side of the vehicle. The vehicle has a load-bearing cap that covers the top of the vehicle, and a cap elevator for raising and lowering the cap. The cap can be raised and lowered to a transit position, a payload-engagement position, a charging position, and a maintenance position. In the transit position and payload-engagement position, the cap covers the vehicle-charging contacts so that they are not exposed. In the charging position, the cap is raised so that the vehicle-charging contacts are exposed. The vehicle can enter a charging-dock with the cap in the charging position in order to recharge the vehicle's battery.