| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | STEP-CLIMBING ATTACHMENT FOR A WHEELED CHAIR | US15551260 | 2016-02-16 | US20180028380A1 | 2018-02-01 | Michael BEHRENS |
| A step-climbing attachment for a wheeled chair, the attachment comprising a first wheel having at least a hub and a rim spaced from the hub, the hub and rim defining an inner region, a second wheel having a different diameter than the first wheel, and the second wheel being rotatably mounted to an extending arm, the extending arm being movable relative to the first wheel between a first position and at least one second position by a controllable mechanism, wherein the controllable mechanism is housed at least partially within the inner region of the first wheel, wherein the second wheel is driven by rotation of the first wheel. | ||||||
| 82 | TRAVELLING APPARATUS | US15324362 | 2015-07-09 | US20170172823A1 | 2017-06-22 | Masaru ISHIKAWA; Kiyoshi MATSUMOTO; Tomoyuki TAKAHATA; Isao SHIMOYAMA; Takashi IZUO; Yoshihiro KUROKI; Taro TAKAHASHI; Yusuke KOSAKA |
| The travelling apparatus according to exemplary embodiments includes front wheels, which are driving wheels, an upper frame, first linear motion mechanisms configured to be extendable and retractable and couple the front wheels to the upper frame, middle wheels configured to be disposed at a back of the front wheels, second linear motion mechanisms configured to be extendable and retractable and couple a riding part to the middle wheels, rear wheels configured to be disposed at a back of the middle wheels, lower links configured to couple the middle wheels to the rear wheels, respectively, rear links configured to couple the lower links to the upper frame, and a third linear motion mechanism configured to change an angle between the upper frame and the rear links. | ||||||
| 83 | Stair-climbing wheelchair | US14616585 | 2015-02-06 | US09445960B2 | 2016-09-20 | Amer Abughaida |
| A stair-climbing wheelchair comprising deformable main rear wheels comprising lockable suspension elements and front supporting wheels comprising lockable suspension elements is disclosed herein. The wheelchair may operate in at least two modes, a standard mode and a stairs mode. In standard mode, the wheelchair may operate similar to an ordinary basic wheelchair, with suspension elements locked and rigid. In stairs mode, the suspension elements may be activated and the rear wheels may be deformable to readily negotiate an uneven surface, wherein the front suspension elements may be elongated to provide balance while climbing. The operating principles behind the functionality of the device disclosed herein may also be applied to other devices used to negotiate stairs, such as devices used to move heavy appliances on stairs. | ||||||
| 84 | STAIR-CLIMBING WHEELCHAIR | US14616585 | 2015-02-06 | US20150216748A1 | 2015-08-06 | Amer Abughaida |
| A stair-climbing wheelchair comprising deformable main rear wheels comprising lockable suspension elements and front supporting wheels comprising lockable suspension elements is disclosed herein. The wheelchair may operate in at least two modes, a standard mode and a stairs mode. In standard mode, the wheelchair may operate similar to an ordinary basic wheelchair, with suspension elements locked and rigid. In stairs mode, the suspension elements may be activated and the rear wheels may be deformable to readily negotiate an uneven surface, wherein the front suspension elements may be elongated to provide balance while climbing. The operating principles behind the functionality of the device disclosed herein may also be applied to other devices used to negotiate stairs, such as devices used to move heavy appliances on stairs. | ||||||
| 85 | APPARATUS FOR MOVING A NON-AMBULATORY INDIVIDUAL UP AND DOWN STEPS | US13767740 | 2013-02-14 | US20130207354A1 | 2013-08-15 | Joseph James Gardner |
| An apparatus for transporting a non-ambulatory individual up and down steps includes a seat for the non-ambulatory individual, two front wheels and two larger back wheels positioned under the seat. The apparatus can be used to move up steps through an operator by tilting the apparatus back and moving the apparatus such that the large rear wheels roll towards the steps. When descending steps, the seated occupant can be lowered through successive steps to a lower floor or incorporated landing by tilting the apparatus and moving the rear wheels down the steps. The apparatus includes extension rods which may be extended to stabilize the apparatus while moving up or down steps. | ||||||
| 86 | ACTIVE STABILITY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE DEVICES | US13750619 | 2013-01-25 | US20130197732A1 | 2013-08-01 | JONATHAN L. PEARLMAN; JONATHAN A. DUVALL; BENJAMIN T. GEBROSKY; RORY ALAN COOPER |
| A system for use with a mobile device includes at least one sensor to sense a variable related to tilting of the mobile device and at least one activatable system in operative connection with the sensor. The at least one activatable system increases stability of the mobile device upon actuation/change in state thereof on the basis of data measured by the at least one sensor. A variable related to tilting includes variables that indicate concurrent, actual tilting as described herein as well as variables predictive of imminent tilting. Activatable systems hereof change state upon actuation or activation to increase stability of the mobile device by reducing, eliminating or preventing tilting. | ||||||
| 87 | Apparatus, System and Method for a Load-Bearing Cart | US13719353 | 2012-12-19 | US20130154207A1 | 2013-06-20 | Douglas G. Sabin; Paul C. Sabin; Joshua M. Gomes; Timothy F. Deso |
| A cart is configured to allow a user to gain mechanical advantage in moving a load up or down a step, a curb, a flight of stairs or other obstruction while at the same time allowing them to employ a conventional lifting motion in an improved ergonomic position. | ||||||
| 88 | Tracked mobility device | US12849897 | 2010-08-04 | US08371403B2 | 2013-02-12 | Travis Underwood |
| A tracked mobility device includes: a) a pair of independent, self-supported track drives defining a planar ground contact area; b) a multi-directional wheel having a raised position above the plane of the ground contact area, and a lowered position below the plane of the ground contact area; and c) an actuator for moving the multi-directional wheel to either its raised or its lowered position. When the actuator lowers the multi-directional wheel, part of the planar ground contact area is raised from the ground without raising all of the planar ground contact area from the ground. Each track drive functions independently so that bumps along one track may be traversed without tilting the entire vehicle. Each track drive may be attached to the vehicle body with flexible mounts that allow each track drive to independently tilt upward or downward as the device moves on its tracks. | ||||||
| 89 | TRACKED MOBILITY DEVICE | US12849897 | 2010-08-04 | US20110031045A1 | 2011-02-10 | Travis Underwood |
| A tracked mobility device includes: a) a pair of independent, self-supported track drives defining a planar ground contact area; b) a multi-directional wheel having a raised position above the plane of the ground contact area, and a lowered position below the plane of the ground contact area; and c) an actuator for moving the multi-directional wheel to either its raised or its lowered position. When the actuator lowers the multi-directional wheel, part of the planar ground contact area is raised from the ground without raising all of the planar ground contact area from the ground. Each track drive functions independently so that bumps along one track may be traversed without tilting the entire vehicle. Each track drive may be attached to the vehicle body with flexible mounts that allow each track drive to independently tilt upward or downward as the device moves on its tracks. | ||||||
| 90 | Step climbing wheelchair | US11684421 | 2007-03-09 | US07540504B2 | 2009-06-02 | Mike Ehman; Dennis Mainil; Colby Mainil |
| A step climbing wheelchair apparatus includes right and left lift anus, and a longitudinal slot defined in a middle portion of each lift arm. The rear wheel axles of the wheelchair extend through the slot and a fastener is attached to secure each lift aim on the corresponding axle such that each lift arm can slide longitudinally perpendicular to the axle. The lift anus are configured such that when in an extended position rear step ends of the lift arms are located rearward of the outer rim of the rear wheel, and the front ends are located generally forward of the outer rim of the rear wheel. A front lift mechanism provides a lift lever operative to push a lift wheel downward to raise the front caster wheels of the wheelchair. | ||||||
| 91 | Automated wheelchair | US11787620 | 2007-04-16 | US20080251300A1 | 2008-10-16 | Thomas T. Frankie |
| An automated wheelchair for moving over a contact surface. The automated wheelchair includes an operator chair for seating the wheelchair operator, a control computer, an operator input device for transmitting operator inputs to the control computer, and two wheelchair wheels for propelling the wheelchair. Each wheelchair wheel includes extendable and retractable spokes. The extension and retraction of each spoke is controlled by a motor. At the ends of each spoke are contact sensor devices. The control computer is programmed to receive inputs transmitted from the contact sensor devices to generate a terrain profile. The control computer generates and sends control signals to each spoke motor in response to the operator inputs and in response to the terrain profile generated by the contact sensor devices. In a preferred embodiment the contact sensor devices are pressure sensor devices. Also in a preferred embodiment, rotatable pneumatic wheels are attached to both ends of each spoke. Preferably, a brake is applied to at least one pneumatic wheel per wheelchair wheel while the wheelchair is moving over the contact surface. Preferably, the automated wheelchair is capable of moving over a variety of contact surface types, including: a set of stairs with uniform rise to run ratio, a set of stairs with non-uniform rise to run ratio, a set of straight stairs, a set of curved stairs, over a curb or over rough terrain. | ||||||
| 92 | Stair-climbing human transporter | US11032252 | 2005-01-10 | US20060151218A1 | 2006-07-13 | Michael Goren; Jeremy Goren |
| A transportation vehicle and methods for transporting persons, robots or cargo, and more particularly motorized vehicles, and methods for transporting over surfaces, including surfaces such as floors, roads, paths and sidewalks, and surfaces having obstacles or inclined surfaces and for enabling the ascending or descending of stairs without tilting while supporting a user or a load on a frame. The vehicle uses horizontal extending and retracting rods and vertical extending and retracting rods to pass over an obstacle or ascend or descend stairs. The horizontal extending and retracting rods are used as mechanisms to move the first set of ground contacting modules located to the fore of the vehicle or the last set of ground contacting modules located to the aft of the vehicle in a fore-aft plane to pass over an obstacle or to position the first set or last set of ground contacting modules upon a stair to be used for ascending and descending stairs. The vertical extending and retracting rods are used to raise or lower the frame, to raise or lower individual ground contracting members and to keep the vehicle stable. | ||||||
| 93 | Personal hovercraft with stairway climbing | US10073376 | 2002-02-11 | US06695084B2 | 2004-02-24 | Peter J. Wilk |
| A personal transportation apparatus has a frame defining a surface for supporting a load, and a plurality of air-cushion cells mounted to the frame and depending from a lower side thereof, the air-cushion cells each having a changeable height to accommodate variations in an underlying terrain during a translation of the frame over the terrain. A pressure source is mounted to the frame and is operatively connected to the air-cushion cells for supplying air under pressure to the cells, thereby generating an air-cushion support for the frame. An elevation mechanism is mounted to the frame for lifting the frame from one step to a next higher step of a stairway so that the frame ascends the stairway from a lowermost step to an uppermost step of the stairway. | ||||||
| 94 | Transportation vehicles and methods | US384705 | 1995-02-03 | US5971091A | 1999-10-26 | Dean L. Kamen; Robert R. Ambrogi; Robert J. Duggan; Richard Kurt Heinzmann; Brian R. Key; Andrzej Skoskiewicz; Phyllis K. Kristal |
| There is provided, in a preferred embodiment, a transportation vehicle for transporting an individual over ground having a surface that may be irregular. This embodiment has a support for supporting the subject. A ground-contacting module, movably attached to the support, serves to suspend the subject in the support over the surface. The orientation of the ground-contacting module defines fore-aft and lateral planes intersecting one another at a vertical. The support and the ground-contacting module are components of an assembly. A motorized drive, mounted to the assembly and coupled to the ground-contacting module, causes locomotion of the assembly and the subject therewith over the surface. Finally, the embodiment has a control loop, in which the motorized drive is included, for dynamically enhancing stability in the fore-aft plane by operation of the motorized drive in connection with the ground-contacting module. The ground contacting module may be realized as a pair of ground-contacting members, laterally disposed with respect to one another. The ground-contacting members may be wheels. Alternatively, each ground-contacting member may include a duster of wheels. In another embodiment, each ground-contacting member includes a pair of axially adjacent and rotatably mounted arcuate element pairs. Related methods are also provided. | ||||||
| 95 | Control loop for transportation vehicles | US482616 | 1995-06-07 | US5791425A | 1998-08-11 | Dean L. Kamen; Robert R. Ambrogi; Robert J. Duggan; Richard K. Heinzmann; Brian R. Key; Susan D. Dastous |
| There is provided, in a preferred embodiment, a transportation vehicle for transporting an individual over ground having a surface that may be irregular. This embodiment has a support for supporting the subject. A ground-contacting module, movably attached to the support, serves to suspend the subject in the support over the surface. The orientation of the ground-contacting module defines fore-aft and lateral planes intersecting one another at a vertical. The support and the ground-contacting module are components of an assembly. A motorized drive, mounted to the assembly and coupled to the ground-contacting module, causes locomotion of the assembly and the subject therewith over the surface. Finally, the embodiment has a control loop, in which the motorized drive is included, for dynamically enhancing stability in the fore-aft plane by operation of the motorized drive in collection with the ground-contacting module. The ground contacting module may be realized as a pair of ground-contacting members, laterally disposed with respect to one another. The ground-contacting members may be wheels. Alternatively, each ground-contacting member may include a cluster of wheels. In another embodiment, each ground-contacting member includes a pair of axially adjacent and rotatably mounted arcuate element pairs. Related methods are also provided. | ||||||
| 96 | Wheel-supported apparatus for climbing and descending stairs | US504321 | 1995-07-19 | US5653301A | 1997-08-05 | Emile Robert Andre |
| The wheel-supported apparatus is used for climbing and descending stairs. The apparatus comprises a hollow main frame. A first carriage unit is located within the main frame and is slidably connected thereto. The first carriage unit is horizontally movable between a maximum front position and a maximum rear position by a first screw mechanism. A second carriage unit is slidably interconnected with the first carriage unit and is provided with a lower ground-engaging portion. The second carriage unit is movable vertically between a fully retracted position and a fully extended position by a second screw mechanism. The first and second screw mechanisms are operated in sequence for rising and backing the apparatus during climbing, and lowering and moving forward the apparatus during descent. Extendable supporting legs are used with a pair of rear caster wheels operatively connected under the main frame for periodically supporting the apparatus when climbing and descending the stairs. The apparatus is particularly suitable for use as a wheelchair for a handicapped person or for transporting merchandises up and down a stairway. | ||||||
| 97 | Stair climbing vehicle | US543676 | 1995-10-16 | US5579857A | 1996-12-03 | Minoru Abe; Heiji Fukutake; Yasuhiko Eguchi; Ryouji Wakizaka; Kyousuke Kitazawa; Akira Takeuchi |
| A vehicle which goes up and down stairs includes a vehicle body (101), front and rear wheels (102) and (103) provided at the front and rear of the vehicle body (101), respectively, front and rear auxiliary wheels (105) and (107) for lifting up or down the front and rear wheels (102) and (103) by one step of stairs, respectively, a driving unit for driving each wheel, a pivoting unit for pivoting the front and rear auxiliary wheels (105) and (107), sensors (121) to (124) for detecting a riser portion of stairs, and a control unit (120) for controlling the driving unit and the rotating unit in accordance with results of the sensors (121) to (124). Since the vehicle goes up and down stairs by rotation of the auxiliary wheels (105) and (107), a corner portion of the step of stairs is not damaged while the vehicle goes up and down stairs. | ||||||
| 98 | Stair climbing vehicle | US252408 | 1994-06-01 | US5507358A | 1996-04-16 | Minoru Abe; Heiji Fukutake; Yasuhiko Eguchi; Ryouji Wakizaka; Kyousuke Kitazawa; Akira Takeuchi |
| A vehicle which goes up and down stairs includes a vehicle body 101, front and rear wheels 102 and 103 provided at the front and rear of the vehicle body 101, respectively, front and rear auxiliary wheels 105 and 107 for lifting up or down the front and rear wheels 102 and 103 by one step of stairs, respectively, a driving unit for driving each wheel, a pivoting unit for pivoting the front and rear auxiliary wheels 105 and 107, sensors 121 to 124 for detecting a riser portion of stairs, and a control unit 120 for controlling the driving unit and the rotating unit in accordance with results of the sensors 121 to 124. Since the vehicle goes up and down stairs by rotation of the auxiliary wheels 105 and 107, a corner portion of the step of stairs is not damaged while the vehicle goes up and down stairs. | ||||||
| 99 | Stair-climbing wheelchair | US797436 | 1985-11-13 | US4618155A | 1986-10-21 | Laurence I. Jayne |
| The invention is an apparatus or wheelchair of conventional doorway width capable of negotiating stairways, turning about landings as necessary. The chair includes an outer supporting assembly, preferably the normal transport wheels, and an inner supporting assembly or feet. The chair includes mechanisms for elevating the supporting assemblies, in turn, while the other assembly supports the weight of the chair. The elevating mechanism is connected to the chair seat such that, upon elevation of a supporting assembly, the chair elevates also. The elevated assembly is articulated and advanced on horizontal slide bearings into contact with the stairs, with supporting elements resting on both lower and upper stair treads. The chair and occupant are then advanced on horizontal slide bearings over the new supporting assembly. The elevating mechanism then transfers chair weight to the new supporting assembly and elevates the former supporting assembly. The operation is repeated, alternating between the supporting assemblies, until the stairs are climbed. | ||||||
| 100 | Stair climbing wheelchair | US511162 | 1983-07-05 | US4569409A | 1986-02-11 | Heinz Kluth |
| A wheelchair for handicapped persons with a seat disposed on a movable frame, a battery set for the power supply of drive motors coordinated to the wheels of the wheelchair and a steering system for controlling the stop of the wheel groups for the purpose that the wheelchair can drive up and down stairs automatically, which is characterized in that the movable frame comprises two frames disposed on top of each other, which carry a compressed air container with coordinated compressor and where vertically standing double acting piston cylinder units hinged at the longitudinal side pieces for the vertical adjustment of eight wheelchair wheels combined to four wheel groups, such that the frames with the piston cylinder units are adjustable relative to their side projection like a parallelogram, that the seat is hinged at the upper frame, and where a stabilization system is coordinated to the seat under maintaining of its horizontal position at different relative positions of the upper and lower frames. | ||||||
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