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 element coupled with a robotic device chassis, a plurality of elastic elements positioned along at least a portion of a perimeter of the suspension element and coupled with the suspension element, and a plurality of cutouts positioned along at least a portion of the perimeter of the suspension element; and a bumper coupled with the suspension assembly, the bumper including, a plurality of anchors coupled with the plurality of elastic elements, and a plurality of tabs aligned with the plurality of cutouts configured to limit movement of the suspension element; and wherein the bumper is configured to move when impacted.
Claims20
An integrated bumper system comprising:
- a suspension assembly comprising,
- a suspension element coupled with a robotic device chassis,
- a plurality of elastic elements positioned along at least a portion of a perimeter of the suspension element and coupled with the suspension element, and
- a plurality of cutouts positioned along at least a portion of the perimeter of the suspension element;
- and
- a bumper coupled with the suspension assembly, the bumper comprising,
- a plurality of anchors coupled with the plurality of elastic elements, and
- a plurality of tabs aligned with the plurality of cutouts configured to limit movement of the suspension element;
- 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 element coupled with a robotic device chassis,
- a plurality of elastic elements positioned along at least a portion of a perimeter of the suspension element and coupled with the suspension element, and
- a plurality of cutouts positioned along at least a portion of the perimeter of the suspension element;
- and
- a bumper coupled with the suspension assembly, the bumper comprising,
- a plurality of anchors coupled with the plurality of elastic elements, and
- a plurality of tabs aligned with the plurality of cutouts configured to limit movement of the suspension element.
A robotic device comprising:
- a robotic device chassis;
- a bumper coupled with the chassis, the bumper comprising:
- one or more elastic elements directly or indirectly coupled with the robotic device chassis and interfacing with the bumper, wherein the one or more elastic elements are positioned along at least a portion of a perimeter of the chassis;
- a cover and a user interface opening disposed along a top surface of the cover;
- a user interface positioned along the user interface opening;
- and
- a bridging element positioned around the user interface to close a gap between the user interface and the cover, wherein the cover is configured to move separately from the user interface upon an impact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.