US Patent Issued to LINCOLN GLOBAL on Sept. 15 for "Automated guided vehicle charge shoe cleaner" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,558, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to LINCOLN GLOBAL INC. (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.).

"Automated guided vehicle charge shoe cleaner" was invented by Ryan Manzo (Macomb, Mich.) and Calvin Shaw (Waterford, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging contact cleaner for an automated guided vehicle (AGV) includes a charging contact cleaning station located along a travel path of one or more AGVs. The charging contact cleaning station has at least one cleaning brush, and an actuator operatively connected to the at least one cleaning brush. The at least one cleaning brush simultaneously engages first and second charging contacts de...