Integrated bumper
OwnerAli Ebrahimi Afrouzi, Alex Powers +1inventors
InventorsAli Ebrahimi Afrouzi, Alex Powers, Shahin Fathi Djalali
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Abstract
Provided is an integrated bumper system including, a suspension assembly including, a suspension plate coupled with a robotic device chassis, a plurality of springs positioned along at least a portion of a perimeter of the suspension plate and coupled with the suspension plate, and a plurality of cutouts positioned along at least a portion of the perimeter of the suspension plate; and a bumper coupled with the suspension assembly including, a plurality of spring anchors coupled with the plurality of springs, and a plurality of tabs aligned with the plurality of cutouts configured to limit movement of the suspension plate; and wherein the bumper is configured to move when impacted.
Claims20
An integrated bumper system comprising:
- a suspension assembly comprising,
- a suspension plate coupled with a robotic device chassis,
- a plurality of springs positioned along at least a portion of a perimeter of the suspension plate and coupled with the suspension plate, and
- a plurality of cutouts positioned along at least a portion of the perimeter of the suspension plate;
- and
- a bumper coupled with the suspension assembly comprising,
- a plurality of spring anchors coupled with the plurality of springs, and
- a plurality of tabs aligned with the plurality of cutouts configured to limit movement of the suspension plate;
- and
- wherein the bumper is configured to move when impacted.
A robotic device comprising:
- a robotic device chassis;
- an integrated bumper system comprising,
- a suspension assembly comprising,
- a suspension plate coupled with a robotic device chassis,
- a plurality of springs positioned along at least a portion of a perimeter of the suspension plate and coupled with the suspension plate, and
- a plurality of cutouts positioned along at least a portion of the perimeter of the suspension plate;
- and
- a bumper coupled with the suspension assembly, the bumper comprising,
- a plurality of anchors coupled with the plurality of springs, and
- a plurality of tabs aligned with the plurality of cutouts configured to limit movement of the suspension plate;
- and
- wherein the bumper is configured to move when impacted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.