ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,789, issued on March 31, was assigned to BENEDEX LTD (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Mobile platform and method of assembly thereof" was invented by Snir Zeev Benedek (Bristol, Great Britain) and Thomas James Finch (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile platform for an autonomous mobile robot comprises an external structural frame extending around the periphery of the platform. A wheel set comprises a plurality of wheel units each coupled to the frame. At least one wheel includes an in-hub electric motor. A central unit conforms to the internal form of the structural frame and has a substantially planar form. The...