Robot battery charging station
AssigneesHONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsXiong Li, Kim-Yeung Sip
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Abstract
A battery charging station, for a robot, includes a base, two side-walls barriers, a stop, a supporting arm, a charging connector, and a transmitter. The side-walls barriers are separately mounted on the base. The stop is mounted on the back of the base to form a docking space together with the barriers and the base. The supporting arm is mounted on the stop by one free end thereof with the other end extending into the space over the docking space. The charging connector is mounted on the free end of the supporting arm and is configured for providing an electrical connection between the robot and a power source. The transmitter is positioned on the upper surface of the supporting arm and is configured for emitting signals for the robot to locate the re battery charging station.
Claims18
A battery charging station comprising:
- a base;
- two barriers separately mounted on the base;
- a stop mounted on the base against the barriers to form a docking space together with the barriers and the base for receiving a robot to be recharged therein;
- a supporting arm mounted on the stop by one free end thereof with the other end extending into the space over the docking space;
- a charging connector mounted on the free end of the supporting arm and configured for providing electrical connection between the robot and a power source;
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- a transmitter positioned on the upper surface of the supporting arm, the transmitter configured for emitting signals to the robot to determine the location thereof with respect to the battery charging station to navigate the robot to move along a predetermined path and dock into the docking space of the battery charging station for recharging.
A battery charging station for a robot, comprising:
- a base comprising an inclined portion and a docking portion joined with the inclined portion;
- two barriers separately mounted on the docking portion of the base and together with the inclined portion to form a passage for the robot;
- a stop mounted on the base against the barriers to form a docking space together with the barriers and the base for receiving the robot to be recharged therein;
- a supporting arm mounted on the stop by one free end thereof with the other end extending into the space over the docking space;
- a charging connector mounted on the free end of the supporting arm and configured for providing electrical connection between the robot and a power source;
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- a transmitter positioned on the upper surface of the supporting arm, the transmitter configured for emitting signals to the robot to determine the location thereof with respect to the battery charging station and to navigate the robot to move along a predetermined path and the passage and dock into the docking space of the battery charging station for recharging.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.