Patent ID: 11955364
Assignee: KIMBALL ELECTRONICS INDIANA, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A telescoping linear extension robot comprising:
a base platform;
a first driven platform;
an intermediate platform deployed between the base platform and the first driven platform, wherein:
the intermediate platform is slideably coupled to the base platform and configured to move along a first path relative to the base platform; and
the first driven platform is slideably coupled to the intermediate platform and configured to move along a second path relative to the intermediate platform, the first path defining an extension of the second path;

a first motor operably coupled to the first driven platform and the base platform, such that activation of the first motor drives the first driven platform along the second path, the first motor decoupled from the intermediate platform such that the intermediate platform is allowed to move independently of the first motor along the first path and float while the first driven platform moves along the second path, whereby the intermediate platform is configured to non-drivingly increase an extendable range of the telescoping linear extension robot; and
a second driven platform, slideably coupled to the first driven platform and configured to move along a third linear path substantially parallel to the first and second linear paths; and
a second motor operably coupled to the first driven platform and the second driven platform, such that activation of the second motor drives the second driven platform along the third linear path.