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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2019
Applicant:
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Inventors:
Matthew W. Coady, Hollis, NH (US);
William J. Fosnight, Windham, NH (US);
David A. Lachance, Waltham, MA (US);
David Eiselen, Groton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 1/065 (2013.01); B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01); H02J 7/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An opportunistic rail charging system is disclosed for recharging power supplies on mobile robots transporting goods within an automated order fulfillment system. Individual chargers may be incorporated into each mobile robot for converting a facility line voltage from the charge rail to a voltage for which the rechargeable power supplies on each mobile robot are rated.