Robotic devices with safety retention suits for reducing ballistic risks
US11193736B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 4, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 23, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41H1/02
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A robot system designed to provide non-invasive mitigation of ballistic safety risks. The robot system includes a robotic device and a safety retention suit, which covers or encloses the movable components or parts of the robotic device. The safety retention suit is formed of a fabric sheet of material chosen, in part, for its flexibility as well as durability to allow the part or the component of the robot enclosed within the suit to move freely. The safety retention suit includes one-to-many strands, threads, or cables of a material chosen to move with the flexible material of the suit when the enclosed component of the robotic device is moving during standard operations. When a mechanical failure occurs, the cables of the suit stretch but, as an overall unit, do not break so as to retain any portions of the covered or enclosed robotic part within the suit.
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