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Granted Patent B2
US 11,129,327 · App. 16/264,494 · Granted Sep 28, 2021

Moving robot

Inventors: Woo Hong (Seoul, KR); Siyong Kim (Seoul, KR); Hanshin Kim (Seoul, KR); Hyunsup Song (Seoul, KR); Kyeongho Cho (Seoul, KR); Jaehun Han (Seoul, KR); Jiwoo Ha (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
A01D34/008A01D34/66A01D34/81B25J5/007B62D63/04G01D5/145A01D2101/00G05D1/021G05D2201/0201
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Patent No.
US 11,129,327
App. No.
16/264,494
Granted
Sep 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A moving robot includes an inner body including a plurality of wheels, an outer cover mounted at the inner body and surrounding an outer side of the inner body, a handle mounted at the outer cover, a plurality of support pillars spaced apart from each other on the inner body and elastically supporting the outer cover in a first horizontal direction and a second horizontal direction with respect to the inner body, a prop tab mounted at each of the plurality of support pillars and configured to fasten the outer cover to the support pillar, and a protrusion tab that extends upwards from an upper surface of the prop tab and penetrates through the outer cover.

Claims (71)

1. A moving robot comprising:

an inner body including a plurality of wheels;

an outer cover mounted on the inner body and surrounding the inner body;

a handle mounted at the outer cover;

a plurality of support pillars provided at the inner body and spaced apart from each other in a first horizontal direction and in a second horizontal direction and elastically supporting the outer cover in the first horizontal direction and in the second horizontal direction with respect to the inner body;

a prop tab mounted at each of the plurality of support pillars and configured to fasten the outer cover to a respective support pillar; and

a protrusion tab that extends upwards from an upper surface of the prop tab and penetrates through the outer cover,

wherein the prop tab includes:

a first fastening hole that is formed on a first side of the prop tab to fasten an upper end of the support pillar to the prop tab and is spaced apart from the protrusion tab in the second horizontal direction; and

a plurality of second fastening holes that are formed on a second side of the prop tab to fasten a front end of the handle to the prop tab and are spaced apart from the protrusion tab in the second horizontal direction.

2. The moving robot of claim 1 , wherein the prop tab has a plate-like shape.

3. The moving robot of claim 1 , wherein the prop tab further includes a fitting rib that protrudes upwards between the first fastening hole and the protrusion tab and is fitted and coupled to an inner side of the outer cover, and wherein the outer cover further includes a protrusion coupling lip that covers the fitting rib.

4. The moving robot of claim 1 , wherein the handle further includes a first fitting coupling boss that protrudes from an inner side of the front end of the handle, the first fitting coupling boss having a box shape, and wherein the outer cover further includes a second fitting coupling boss that protrudes laterally from the outer cover to correspond to the first fitting coupling boss and coupled with the first fitting coupling boss in an overlapping manner.

5. The moving robot of claim 4 , wherein the second fitting coupling boss has an opening formed on an upper surface thereof and the protrusion tab protrudes upwards from the outer cover through the opening.

6. The moving robot of claim 5 , wherein the handle includes:

a lower section having the first fitting coupling boss on an inner side of the front end and coupled to the outer cover;

a middle section coupled to cover the lower section; and

an upper section coupled to cover the middle section.

7. The moving robot of claim 6 , wherein an upper surface of the first fitting coupling boss overlaps the second side of the prop tab that is exposed through the opening and is fastened to the second side of the prop tab.

8. The moving robot of claim 6 , wherein the protrusion tab that protrudes through the opening protrudes through the lower section of the handle and is covered by the middle section.

9. The moving robot of claim 6 , wherein

the upper section of the handle includes a plurality of coupling hooks spaced apart from each other in the first horizontal direction on an inner side of the upper section of the handle,

the middle section of the handle includes a plurality of hook coupling holes that correspond to the plurality of coupling hooks on an outer side of the middle section of the handle,

the upper section and the middle section are stacked on and coupled to each other,

the middle section of the handle includes a plurality of fastening protrusions that protrude from a lower surface of the middle section,

the lower section of the handle includes a plurality of bosses that protrude from an upper surface of the lower section and a plurality of protrusion accommodation recesses respectively formed inside the plurality of bosses and configured to accommodate the plurality of fastening protrusions,

the middle section and the lower section are stacked on and coupled to each other, and

a plurality of arrest hooks protrude from an inner surface of a front end of each of the upper section, the middle section, and the lower section to couple the upper section, the middle section, and lower section in a stacking manner to both sides of the front of the outer cover.

10. The moving robot of claim 1 , further comprising:

a corrugated skirt corrugated in a radial direction on an outer circumferential surface of a lower end of each of the plurality of support pillars and movably supporting each of the support pillars in the first and second horizontal directions.

11. The moving robot of claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of extensions, each extension having a lower end coupled to an upper end of each of the plurality of support pillars, respectively, and an upper end fastened to the prop tab; and

a plate that extends from the lower end of each of the extensions in the first horizontal direction.

12. A lawn mower robot comprising:

an inner body including a plurality of wheels;

an outer cover mounted on and surrounding a top of the inner body;

a driving motor mounted on each of the plurality of wheels to drive the wheels;

a plurality of blades rotatably provided on a lower surface of the inner body;

a handle mounted at the outer cover;

a plurality of support pillars spaced apart from each other on the inner body in a first horizontal direction and a second horizontal direction and configured to elastically support the outer cover in the first and second horizontal directions with respect to the inner body;

a prop tab mounted to each of the plurality of support pillars and configured to fasten the outer cover to each of the support pillars; and

a protrusion tab that extends upwards from an upper surface of the prop tab and penetrates through the outer cover,

wherein the prop tab includes:

a first fastening hole that is formed on a first side of the prop tab to fasten an upper end of the support pillar to the prop tab and is spaced apart from the protrusion tab in the second horizontal direction; and

a plurality of second fastening holes that are formed on a second side of the prop tab to fasten a front end of the handle to the prop tab and are spaced apart from the protrusion tab in the second horizontal direction.

13. A moving robot comprising:

an inner body including a plurality of wheels;

an outer cover mounted on and surrounding a top of the inner body;

a handle mounted to the outer cover;

a joystick bumper mounted on the inner body and configured to be rotatable about a horizontal axis;

a collision sensor configured to sense whether the outer cover collides with an obstacle;

a plurality of support pillars provided at the inner body and spaced apart from each other, the plurality of support pillars elastically supporting the outer cover with respect to the inner body;

a prop tab mounted at each of the plurality of support pillars and configured to fasten the outer cover to each of the support pillars; and

a protrusion tab that extends upwards from an upper surface of the prop tab and penetrates through the outer cover,

wherein the prop tab includes:

a first fastening hole that is formed on a first side of the prop tab to fasten an upper end of the support pillar to the prop tab and is spaced apart from the protrusion tab in the second horizontal direction; and

a plurality of second fastening holes that are formed on a second side of the prop tab to fasten a front end of the handle to the prop tab and are spaced apart from the protrusion tab in the second horizontal direction.

14. The moving robot of claim 13 , wherein the collision sensor includes:

a permanent magnet mounted at a lower end of the joystick bumper; and

a hall sensor installed at the inner body and configured to sense a movement of the permanent magnet when the outer cover collides with the obstacle.

15. The moving robot of clam 14 , further comprising a spring attached to the joystick bumper and the inner body and configured to return the joystick bumper to an original position after the collision sensor senses a collision.

16. The moving robot of claim 13 , wherein the handle includes a first fitting coupling boss and the outer cover includes a second fitting coupling boss, and wherein a shape of the first fitting coupling boss corresponds to a shape of the second fitting coupling boss.

17. The moving robot of claim 13 , wherein the prop tab further includes a fitting rib that protrudes upwards between the first fastening hole and the protrusion tab and is fitted and coupled to an inner side of the outer cover, and wherein the outer cover further includes a protrusion coupling lip that covers the fitting rib.

18. The moving robot of claim 13 , further comprising:

a corrugated skirt corrugated in a radial direction on an outer circumferential surface of a lower end of each of the plurality of support pillars and movably supporting each of the support pillars in the first and second horizontal directions.

19. The moving robot of claim 12 , wherein the prop tab further includes a fitting rib that protrudes upwards between the first fastening hole and the protrusion tab and is fitted and coupled to an inner side of the outer cover, and wherein the outer cover further includes a protrusion coupling lip that covers the fitting rib.

20. The moving robot of claim 12 , wherein one of the support pillars includes:

a lower support portion contacting the inner body;

a lower neck portion extending above the lower support portion;

an upper neck portion extending above the lower neck portion; and

an upper support portion extending above the lower support portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2019
From: HONG, WOO; KIM, SIYONG; KIM, HANSHIN; SONG, HYUNSUP; CHO, KYEONGHO; HAN, JAEHUN; HA, JIWOO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 048222/0896 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0121331 · Oct 11, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62653568 · Apr 6, 2018
Related Publication 20190307060A1 · Oct 10, 2019
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