Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mast systems for autonomous mobile robots
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Application No.: US16216386Application Date: 2018-12-11
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Publication No.: US11110595B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Patrick Chow , Irene Lee , Kenneth Holm, Jr. , Frederic D. Hook , Patrick Petrossian , Fred Alibozek
- Applicant: iRobot Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Bedford
- Assignee: iRobot Corporation
- Current Assignee: iRobot Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Bedford
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: B25J9/00
- IPC: B25J9/00 ; B25J18/06 ; B25J18/04 ; B25J9/16

Abstract:
An autonomous mobile robot includes a flexible member including a polymer layer extending along an entire length of the flexible member, and an end portion vertically movable away from a body of the robot. A first portion of a fastening mechanism extends along a first lateral edge of the polymer layer and a second portion of the fastening mechanism extends along a second lateral edge of the polymer layer. The first portion of the fastening mechanism is attached to the second portion of the fastening mechanism and forms a conduit to support the image capture device. The conduit includes an inner surface and an outer surface, and the outer surface of the conduit is at least partially defined by the polymer layer. An image capture device is mounted to an end portion of the flexible member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200180142A1 Mast Systems for Autonomous Mobile Robots Public/Granted day:2020-06-11
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