公开(公告)号：US20190245366A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-08

申请号：US16269900

申请日：2019-02-07

Applicant: ALERT INNOVATION INC.

Inventor： Matthew W. Coady ,  William J. Fosnight ,  David A. Lachance ,  David Eiselen

IPC: H02J7/00 ,  H02J7/04 ,  B65G1/04 ,  B65G1/06 ,  B65G1/137

CPC classification number: H02J7/0045 ,  B65G1/0492 ,  B65G1/065 ,  B65G1/1373 ,  H02J7/0027 ,  H02J7/0042 ,  H02J7/04

Abstract: An opportunistic rail charging system is disclosed for recharging power supplies on mobile robots transporting goods within an automated order fulfillment system. Individual chargers may be incorporated into each mobile robot for converting a facility line voltage from the charge rail to a voltage for which the rechargeable power supplies on each mobile robot are rated.