Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compliant solid-state bumper for robot
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Application No.: US14643438Application Date: 2015-03-10
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Publication No.: US09346426B2Publication Date: 2016-05-24
- Inventor: Stephen A. Hickey , Andrew Pastore , Chikyung Won , Roger Dale Gamble , Andrew Beaulieu
- Applicant: iRobot Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Bedford
- Assignee: iRobot Corporation
- Current Assignee: iRobot Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Bedford
- Agency: Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
- Main IPC: B60R19/02
- IPC: B60R19/02 ; B60R19/48 ; B25J19/00 ; G05D1/02 ; A47L11/40

Abstract:
A robot bumper including a bumper body having a forward surface and a top surface angling away from the forward surface. The bumper body conforms to a shape of a received robot chassis. The robot bumper also includes a force absorbing layer disposed on the bumper body, a membrane switch layer comprising a plurality of electrical contacts arranged along the top surface of the bumper body, and a force transmission layer disposed between the force absorbing layer and the membrane switch layer. The force transmission layer includes a plurality of force transmitting elements configured to transmit force to the membrane switch layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150183389A1 Compliant Solid-State Bumper for Robot Public/Granted day:2015-07-02
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