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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2021
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Alan Baird, Seattle, WA (US);
Oleg Kantor, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alexander M. Frenkel, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Bathurst, Burien, WA (US);
Timothy James Ong, Redmond, WA (US);
Austin Jensen, Morgan, UT (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Aspects described herein include an apparatus for charging an autonomous ground vehicle (AGV). The apparatus includes a plurality of first electrical contacts coupled to a power supply and that project upwardly from a base, and a plurality of receiver sections dimensioned to retain portions of a plurality of axially-aligned wheels of the AGV. The first electrical contacts are arranged relative to the plurality of receiver sections such that when the axially-aligned wheels roll into the plurality of receiver sections, second electrical contacts of the AGV are contacted to the first electrical contacts. After a plurality of the second electrical contacts are contacted with power contacts of the first electrical contacts, at least one other of the second electrical contacts is contacted with a control contact of the first electrical contacts to enable power delivery to the AGV through the power contacts.