IP Library Granted Patent US 12,427,650
Granted Patent B2
US 12,427,650 · App. 17/860,372 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Support assembly

Inventors: Ron van Thiel (Menlo Park, CA); Yihan Zhang (San Mateo, CA); Gino Nguegang (Belmont, CA)
Assignee: Bear Robotics, Inc.
B25J9/0009B25J11/0045B25J11/008
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Patent No.
US 12,427,650
App. No.
17/860,372
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A support assembly is provided. The support assembly includes: a lower frame configured to be mountable on one surface of a moving object; a guide frame configured such that one end is coupled to an upper surface of the lower frame, and at least a part of another end is curved toward where the lower frame is located; a connection frame configured such that one side includes a plurality of rollers spaced apart at a predetermined interval, and the plurality of rollers slide along the curved part of the guide frame; and an upper frame coupled to another side of the connection frame and configured to move in response to the plurality of rollers sliding along the curved part of the guide frame.

Claims (12)

1. A support assembly, comprising:

a lower frame configured to be mountable on one surface of a moving object;

a first guide frame coupled to an upper surface of the lower frame and provided with a first hole formed to be curved with a single curvature toward where the lower frame is located;

a first connection frame configured such that one side includes a plurality of first rollers spaced apart at a predetermined interval and includes a pair of sidewalls disposed on opposite sides of the first hole, and the plurality of first rollers slide along the first hole;

a second guide frame coupled to another side of the first connection frame and provided with a second hole formed to be curved with a single curvature toward where the lower frame is located;

a second connection frame configured such that one side includes a plurality of second rollers spaced apart at a predetermined interval, and the plurality of second rollers slide along the second hole; and

an upper frame coupled to another side of the second connection frame and configured to move in response to at least one of the plurality of first rollers sliding along the first hole and the plurality of second rollers sliding along the second hole,

wherein the upper frame freely moves to a position forming a predetermined angle with a ground surface as an external force is applied, and freely moves to a position parallel to the ground surface as the external force is removed.

2. The support assembly of claim 1 , wherein each of the first guide frame, the first connection frame, the second guide frame, and the second connection frame is configured as a pair, and the pair of first guide frames and the pair of first connection frames, and the pair of second guide frames and the pair of second connection frames are disposed to face each other, respectively.

3. The support assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first connection frame is disposed to be perpendicular to the second connection frame so that a direction in which the plurality of first rollers slide is perpendicular to a direction in which the plurality of second rollers slide.

4. The support assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first guide frame provided with the first hole is movable relative to the second guide frame provided with the second hole.

5. The support assembly of claim 1 , wherein the second connection frame is configured such that the one side includes a pair of sidewalls disposed on opposite sides of the second hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2022
From: VAN THIEL, RON; ZHANG, YIHAN; NGUEGANG, GINO
To: BEAR ROBOTICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 060481/0665 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63219516 · Jul 8, 2021
Related Publication 20230011949A1 · Jan 12, 2023
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