Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Autonomous traverse tire changing bot, autonomous tire changing system, and method therefor
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Application No.: US17313072Application Date: 2021-05-06
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Publication No.: US11986947B2Publication Date: 2024-05-21
- Inventor: Andy Chalofsky , Josh Chalofsky , Stephen Toebes , Kenny Pratt , Seth Allen
- Applicant: Automated Tire, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OH Cleveland
- Assignee: Automated Tire, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Automated Tire, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cleveland
- Agency: Bodner & Bodner, PLLC
- Agent Christian P. Bodner; Gerald T. Bodner
- Main IPC: B25J11/00
- IPC: B25J11/00 ; B25J5/02 ; B25J9/16 ; B25J13/08 ; B25J15/00 ; B60C25/05

Abstract:
An autonomous traverse tire changing bot includes a carriage having a carriage frame with a carriage drive section effecting autonomous traverse of the carriage, along a traverse path, relative to a traverse surface or a floor on which the bot rests, and a bot frame including at least one actuator mounted to the carriage and a bot drive section with a motor defining an actuator degree of freedom, wherein the at least one actuator has an end effector having a tire engagement tool disposed so that articulation of the at least one actuator with the actuator degree of freedom effects engagement contact of the tire engagement tool and a tire mounted on a vehicle, and a controller effects traverse of the bot along the traverse path effecting dynamic positioning of the at least one actuator relative to a variable position of the vehicle with the tire mounted thereon.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210347057A1 AUTONOMOUS TRAVERSE TIRE CHANGING BOT, AUTONOMOUS TIRE CHANGING SYSTEM, AND METHOD THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2021-11-11
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