US 12,257,915 B2
Charging of an AGV
Haofeng Bai, Västerås (SE); Panagiotis Bakas, Västerås (SE); Ahmed Abdelhakim, Västerås (SE); Rajakrishnan Radjassamy, Plano, TX (US); and Edward Clark Fontana, Rockwall, TX (US)
Assigned to ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH)
Appl. No. 18/259,027
Filed by ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH)
PCT Filed Dec. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/087982
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 22, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/144075, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0391211 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 53/16 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/16 (2019.02) [H02J 7/0042 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging system for an automated guided vehicle, AGV, comprising an offboard, meshed charging grid and onboard contact pads, wherein:
the offboard, meshed charging grid comprises a charging pole in each grid point, wherein adjacent charging poles are configured with opposite polarity of a charging current;
the onboard contact pads include four separate contact pads; and
the onboard contact pads further comprise a further contact pad centred inside the four separate contact pads to achieve dynamic charging.