US 12,466,060 B2
Mobile power source for a mobile robot
Linus Park, Pacifica, CA (US); Kevin Conrad Kemper, San Francisco, CA (US); Timothy Alan Swift, Walnut Creek, CA (US); Ashley Swartz, Daly City, CA (US); Austin Campbell, San Francisco, CA (US); Tatiana Stearns, Boulder, CO (US); Sam Pannepacker, San Francisco, CA (US); and Phil Long, Castro Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to ROAM ROBOTICS INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by ROAM ROBOTICS INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/890,070.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/233,988, filed on Aug. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/233,976, filed on Aug. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/234,028, filed on Aug. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057294 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B25J 9/00 (2006.01); A61H 3/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/14 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01); A61H 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/0006 (2013.01) [A61H 3/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/142 (2013.01); B25J 19/0025 (2013.01); B25J 19/0054 (2013.01); A61H 1/024 (2013.01); A61H 2003/007 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1238 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1409 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5007 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An exoskeleton system comprising:
a left and right leg actuator unit configured to be respectively coupled to a left and right leg of a user, the left and right leg actuator units each including:
an upper arm and a lower arm that are rotatably coupled via a joint, the joint positioned at a knee of the user with the upper arm coupled about an upper leg portion of the user above the knee and with the lower arm coupled about a lower leg portion of the user below the knee, and
a fluidic bellows actuator that extends between the upper arm and lower arm, and
an exoskeleton device having at least a portion disposed within a backpack configured to be worn on the back of the user, the exoskeleton device including:
a fluidic system disposed within the backpack that includes:
a fluid reservoir, and
a compressor that includes a fluid output line and a fluid input line, the fluid output line extending through the backpack from an internal portion of the backpack to external to the backpack,
a filter disposed within the internal portion of the backpack and coupled to an end of the fluid input line,
a muffler disposed within the internal portion of the backpack and coupled to an end of the fluid input line,
electronics disposed within the backpack comprising a processor and memory, the memory storing instructions, that when executed by the processor, are configured to control the fluidic system to introduce fluid from the fluid reservoir to the fluidic bellows actuators of the left and right leg actuator units;
a first heat sink having a first plurality of fins disposed external to the backpack, the first heat sink extending into the internal portion of the backpack and operably coupled to the electronics and configured to dissipate heat generated by the electronics via the first plurality of fins disposed external to the backpack, and
a second heat sink having a second plurality of fins disposed external to the backpack, the second heat sink extending into the internal portion of the backpack and operably coupled to the compressor and configured to dissipate heat generated by the compressor via the second plurality of fins disposed external to the backpack; and
a plurality of unitary cables, comprising a first unitary cable extending from the exoskeleton device to the right leg actuator unit and a second unitary cable extending from the exoskeleton device to the left leg actuator unit, with each of the unitary cables comprising:
a first fluidic line operably coupled to the fluid reservoir and a respective fluidic bellows actuator of the left and right leg actuator units,
a first electronic line operably coupled to the electronics and a respective one of the left and right leg actuator units, the first electronic line configured to provide electrical communication signals between the electronics and the left and right leg actuator units, and
a sheath surrounding and enclosing the first fluidic line and the first electronic line.