Chassis assembly for autonomous ground vehicle
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsNicolas Hostein, Ennio Claretti, Nicolas Kurczewski, Brett Skaloud, Andrew Stubbs
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Abstract
A chassis and skin of a delivery Autonomous Ground Vehicle include an aluminum structure and polymer panels affixed to the AGV by fasteners. The panels are mutually overlapping. A method of assembly includes hooks and clips to put and hold the panels in place during assembly.
Claims18
A carriage for a delivery autonomous ground vehicle (AGV) adapted for carrying and delivering a payload;
- the carriage comprising:
- an aluminum sheet metal chassis;
- a skin formed of interlocking, overlapping panels applied to and covering an outboard surface of the chassis via fasteners, the skin having a fastener-free exterior surface such that none of the fasteners are visible on an exterior of the skin.
A carriage for a delivery autonomous ground vehicle (AGV) adapted for carrying and delivering a payload;
- the carriage comprising:
- a chassis including (i) an open top that defines a hardware bay, (ii) front wheel assembly interfaces, and (iii) rear wheel assembly interfaces;
- one of the front wheel assembly interfaces and the rear wheel assembly interfaces being lower than the other one of the front wheel assembly interfaces;
- an exterior skin connected to the chassis and adapted for covering the chassis, the skin including multiple panels, each panel being connected to a corresponding portion of the chassis by fasteners extending from an inboard face of the chassis into corresponding bosses on the inboard surface of the panel;
- the panels being at least partially mutually overlapping for water ingress resistance.
A method of assembling a carriage for a delivery autonomous ground vehicle (AGV) adapted for carrying and delivering a payload, comprising the steps of:
- (a) affixing a bottom panel to a bottom portion of a chassis;
- (b) after the affixing step (a), affixing opposing side panels to the carriage;
- (c) after the affixing step (a), hooking a lower edge of a front panel onto a portion of the bottom panel and rotating the front panel about the bottom panel until the front panel contacts the chassis, and then affixing the front panel to the chassis;
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- (d) after the affixing step (a), hooking a lower edge of a rear panel onto a portion of the bottom panel and rotating the rear panel about the bottom panel until the rear panel contacts the chassis, and then affixing the rear panel to the chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.