IP Library Granted Patent US 10,336,237
Granted Patent B2
US 10,336,237 · App. 15/352,625 · Granted Jul 2, 2019

Remote controlled cart

Inventors: Tazio Stephan Grivetti (Peoria, IL); Mike Hemry (Peoria, IL)
Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
B60P3/42B62D25/2009B62D55/06B62D55/12B66F9/06B66F11/042
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Patent No.
US 10,336,237
App. No.
15/352,625
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A remote controlled cart includes a body, an electric battery coupled to the body and a pair of track assemblies coupled to the body. The remote controlled cart includes an electric motor operatively coupled to the battery. The electric motor is configured to supply propulsion power to the pair of track assemblies. The remote controlled cart includes a body cover coupled to a top surface of the body. A top surface of the body cover includes at least one pair of rails. The pair of rails removably couples a task module with the body cover.

Claims (43)

1. A remote controlled cart comprising:

a body;

an electric battery coupled to the body;

a pair of track assemblies coupled to the body;

an electric motor operatively coupled to the battery, and configured to supply propulsion power to the pair of track assemblies; and

a body cover coupled to a top surface of the body;

wherein a top surface of the body cover includes at least one pair of recesses defined in the top surface of the body cover to receive at least one pair of rails on the top surface of the body cover, the pair of rails adapted to removably couple a task module with the body cover.

2. The remote controlled cart of claim 1 , wherein the top surface of the body cover includes two pair of rails.

3. The remote controlled cart of claim 2 , wherein the two pair of rails are symmetrically placed on the top surface of the body cover, and are parallel to each other.

4. The remote controlled cart of claim 1 , wherein the body cover is coupled to the top surface of the body by mechanical fasteners.

5. The remote controlled cart of claim 1 , wherein a non-slip mat is attached to the top surface of the body cover.

6. A remote controlled cart comprising:

a body;

an electric battery coupled to the body;

a pair of track assemblies coupled to the body;

an electric motor operatively coupled to the battery, and configured to supply propulsion power to the pair of track assemblies;

a body cover coupled to a top surface of the body;

at least one pair of rails attached to a top surface of the body cover; and

a personnel lift platform removably coupled to the pair of rails, the personnel lift platform including:

a floor;

a plurality of support pillars attached to the floor along a periphery of the floor;

a pair of guide rails supported by the plurality of support pillars, the pair of guide rails disposed along the periphery of the floor in a vertically spaced apart manner; and

an extendable mast coupled to the pair of rails attached to the body cover, and extending across the floor, wherein the extendable mast includes a plurality of collapsible portions adapted to be extended to lift the personnel lift platform above the remote controlled cart.

7. The remote controlled cart of claim 6 , wherein the extendable mast further includes a user interface device to control a height of the personnel lift platform.

8. The remote controlled cart of claim 7 , wherein the user interface further includes means to control the remote controlled cart.

9. The remote controlled cart of claim 6 , wherein a non-slip mat is attached to a top surface of the floor of the personnel lift platform by adhesive means.

10. The remote controlled cart of claim 6 , wherein the remote controlled cart includes two pair of rails attached to the top surface of the body cover.

11. The remote controlled cart of claim 10 , wherein the two pair of rails are symmetrically placed on the top surface of the body cover, and are parallel to each other.

12. A remote controlled cart comprising:

a body;

an electric battery coupled to the body;

a pair of track assemblies coupled to the body;

an electric motor operatively coupled to the battery, and configured to supply propulsion power to the pair of track assemblies;

a body cover coupled to a top surface of the body;

wherein a top surface of the body cover includes at least one pair of recesses defined in the top surface of the body cover to receive at least one pair of rails attached to a top surface of the body cover; and

a load carrying box coupled to the pair of rails, the load carrying box including a floor and a plurality of walls coupled to the floor.

13. The remote controlled cart of claim 12 , wherein the load carrying box includes four walls.

14. The remote controlled cart of claim 12 , wherein the load carrying box includes two walls.

15. The remote controlled cart of claim 12 , wherein at least one of the plurality of walls of the load carrying box is adapted to be tilted to dump a load being carried by the load carrying box.

16. The remote controlled cart of claim 12 , wherein a cylinder-piston assembly is coupled to the body cover of the remote controlled cart and the floor of the load carrying box, the cylinder-piston assembly adapted to tilt the load carrying box.

17. The remote controlled cart of claim 16 , wherein the cylinder-piston assembly can be remotely controlled.

18. The remote controlled cart of claim 17 , wherein the cylinder-piston assembly can be actuated by a hydraulic means or a pneumatic means.

19. The remote controlled cart of claim 12 , wherein the top surface of the body cover includes two pair of rails.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2016
From: GRIVETTI, TAZIO STEPHAN; HEMRY, MIKE
To: CATERPILLAR INC.
Reel/Frame 040333/0068 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180134206A1 · May 17, 2018