US 12,286,813 B2
Selectively operable door for an autonomous device
Arnie Fie, Rock Hill, SC (US); Chris Price, Charlotte, NC (US); Trent Cook, Anderson, SC (US); Scott Kirkpatrick, Hickory, NC (US); Joe Racz, Gastonia, NC (US); Chris Roth, Harrisburg, NC (US); Chad Jones, Cramerton, NC (US); and Robert Schriever, Concord, NC (US)
Assigned to HUSQVARNA AB, Huskvarna (SE)
Appl. No. 18/011,640
Filed by HUSQVARNA AB, Huskvarna (SE)
PCT Filed Sep. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/052349
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/132281, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/124,955, filed on Dec. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0258023 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 47/00 (2006.01); E05B 65/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); A01D 34/00 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 47/0001 (2013.01) [E05B 65/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0265 (2013.01); A01D 34/008 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01); E05B 2047/005 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0067 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0072 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0094 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A selectively operable door for passage of a robotic vehicle, the selectively operable door comprising:
a door frame disposable in a barrier dividing two areas in which the robotic vehicle is enabled to travel;
a door body hingedly connected to the door frame; and
a latching assembly configured to alternately allow movement of the door body such that the robotic vehicle to enabled to pass through the selectively operable door via displacement of the door body and prevent movement of the door body such that the door body is retained in a closed state,
wherein the latching assembly comprises an automatic lock configured to define a release position in which movement of the door body from the closed state is allowed, and a capture position in which movement of the door body to the closed state is allowed and movement of the door body from the closed state is prevented,
wherein the automatic lock is disposed at the door body and a bolt of the latching assembly extends from the door frame toward the automatic lock,
wherein the automatic lock comprises a first capture element and a second capture element,
wherein the first and second capture elements extend on opposite sides of the bolt when the door body is in the closed state, and
wherein the first and second capture elements are withdrawn into a housing of the automatic lock in the release position.