US 12,459,380 B1
Charging interface for robot
Samrin Sing, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/935,005.
Int. Cl. B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); H01R 13/15 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/16 (2019.02) [B60L 53/305 (2019.02); H01R 13/15 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging interface for a robot, comprising:
a housing comprising a plurality of recesses;
one or more charge contact members movably coupled to the housing and configured to at least partially extend within one or more of the plurality of recesses, each charge contact member having an angled surface extending toward an upper end of the charge contact member;
one or more data contact members movably coupled to the housing and configured to at least partially extend within one or more of the plurality of recesses, each data contact member having an angled surface extending toward an upper end of the data contact member; and
an electrical contact pin extending through each charge contact member and each data contact member to a contact surface;
wherein the charge contact members and the data contact members are spring-loaded relative to the housing and configured to move relative to the housing between a disengaged state where the charge contact members and the data contact members protrude above the housing and an engaged state where at least one of the charge contact members and at least one the data contact members are at least partially depressed toward the housing and within their respective recesses, the charge contact members and the data contact members being biased toward the disengaged state.