101 |
WHEEL SUSPENSION OF AN ELECTRICAL DRIVE FOR SUPPORTING A MANUAL MOVEMENT IMPULSE |
US15764168 |
2016-09-29 |
US20180281604A1 |
2018-10-04 |
Georg Bachmaier; Marco Cyriacks; Jens Fehre; Andreas Limmer; Wolfgang Zöls |
The disclosure relates to a wheel suspension of a device having an electrical drive of a wheel for supporting a manual movement impulse. The wheel suspension includes a connector piece movably or bendably arranged between a support element or support frame connected to the device and between an interior stator of an electrical drive, wherein the connector piece is held in a starting position due to the gravity of the device, without other influencing forces. The wheel suspension also includes at least one sensor that detects a deflection of the connector piece, and a control device designed such that the control device together with the electrical drive counteracts a deflection or bending of the connector piece. |
102 |
AUXILIARY PROPULSION SYSTEM |
US15916219 |
2018-03-08 |
US20180257486A1 |
2018-09-13 |
Eduardo Alejandro Noble Nava; Zhe Kevin Wang |
An auxiliary propulsion system for a skateboard, watercraft or other small vehicle has a wheel or propeller powered by a motor at one end and a handle at the other end. A person riding a vehicle adjusts the position and orientation of the device to apply a propulsion force in a desired direction. The amount of torque applied to the propeller or wheel can be adjusted in real time. Because the propulsion system is not a fixed to the craft or person it is propelling, it may be exchanged between people in mid-transit. |
103 |
DRIVING DEVICE FOR CARRIAGE |
US15896368 |
2018-02-14 |
US20180236813A1 |
2018-08-23 |
Osamu OCHIAI; Takashi NARUSE; Kenya TOMIYASU |
A driving device for a carriage includes a motor, a speed reducer, and a first mecanum wheel and a second mecanum wheel. The speed reducer decelerates the rotation input from the motor and outputs decelerated rotation. The first and second mecanum wheels are arranged in the axial direction parallel to the rotation axis of the decelerated rotation output from the speed reducer and are rotated by the decelerated rotation output from the speed reducer. In the axial direction, the center of the speed reducer is positioned between an outer end of the first mecanum wheel opposite to the second mecanum wheel and an outer end of the second mecanum wheel opposite to the first mecanum wheel. |
104 |
DRIVING DEVICE FOR CARRIAGE |
US15892518 |
2018-02-09 |
US20180229549A1 |
2018-08-16 |
Koji NAKAMURA; Osamu OCHIAI; Kenya TOMIYASU |
A driving device for a carriage includes a motor, a speed reducer, and a mecanum wheel. The speed reducer decelerates the power input from the motor and outputs a decelerated power. The mecanum wheel is rotated by the decelerated power output from the speed reducer. The speed reducer includes a speed reducing unit, a carrier, and a case. The speed reducing unit receives the power from the motor. The carrier supports the speed reducing unit. The case is rotatable relative to the carrier. The mecanum wheel is fixed on the case or the carrier. |
105 |
OMNIDIRECTIONAL WHEELS AND ASSOCIATED WHEEL GUARDS |
US15431745 |
2017-02-13 |
US20180229547A1 |
2018-08-16 |
Eric Deng |
Technology is provided for omnidirectional wheels having rolling surfaces configured to roll over obstacles when the wheel is moving sideways with respect to its axis of rotation. The omnidirectional wheel can include a central disk assembly and a pair of lateral disk assemblies coaxially positioned on opposite sides of the central disk assembly. The central disk assembly can include a central carrier plate having a first diameter and a plurality of central rollers each rotatably coupled to a circumferential margin of the central carrier plate for rotation about a first roller axis oriented orthogonal to an axis of the wheel. Each lateral disk assembly can include a lateral carrier plate having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter and a plurality of lateral rollers each rotatably coupled to a circumferential margin of the lateral carrier plate for rotation about a second roller axis oriented orthogonal to the wheel axis. |
106 |
Motion assistance system for wheelchairs |
US15273011 |
2016-09-22 |
US10034803B2 |
2018-07-31 |
Mark Richter |
The presently disclosure describes a motion assistance system for a wheelchair, for example, a powered drive wheel system that can continually drive a wheelchair in a circular or elliptical path. The motion assistance system comprises a mounting mechanism attachable to one or more structural elements of the wheelchair, and a drive linkage pivotable with respect to the mounting mechanism. A drive wheel can be mounted to an end of the drive linkage such that the drive wheel contacts the ground when installed on the wheelchair. The drive wheel comprises a plurality of lateral rollers positioned radially about the circumference of the power drive wheel. The lateral rollers can rotate about an axis tangential to the circumference of the drive wheel in order to facilitate driving the wheelchair in a radial direction. |
107 |
ROLLING DEVICE, ESPECIALLY FOR FURNITURE, LUGGAGE CASES AND THE LIKE |
US15918993 |
2018-03-12 |
US20180201064A1 |
2018-07-19 |
Romualdo MONTEIRO DE BARROS |
The present utility model refers to a rolling device and, more particularly, an improved multi-directional ball caster-type device having an increased slope, which means a smaller angular slope level, or a more acute inclination angle between the central vertical axis of the device and the surface upon which it rolls. The slope, or inclination angle of the present improved device is from 62° to 50°, or less. As the inclinations angle can be more acute, the object supported on the rolling system, e.g. a luggage case, can be more sloped without having friction between the main ball involving structure and the ground. |
108 |
Omnidirectional wheels and associated wheel guards |
US15431735 |
2017-02-13 |
US09981619B1 |
2018-05-29 |
Eric Deng |
Technology is provided for wheel guards that can help lift the wheel of a wheeled vehicle, such as a robot, up and over an obstacle. The wheel guard can include a guard member including a ramped surface extending between a first end portion and a second end portion, the second end portion coupleable to a suspension of a wheel of the vehicle. A pivot mechanism is attached to the first end portion that is coupleable to a chassis of the vehicle, whereby the guard member can pivot with respect to the chassis as the wheel moves up and down. |
109 |
MOTION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR WHEELCHAIRS |
US15822947 |
2017-11-27 |
US20180078432A1 |
2018-03-22 |
Mark Richter |
The presently disclosure describes a motion assistance system for a wheelchair, for example, a powered drive wheel system that can continually drive a wheelchair in a circular or elliptical path. The motion assistance system comprises a mounting mechanism attachable to one or more structural elements of the wheelchair, and a drive linkage pivotable with respect to the mounting mechanism. A drive wheel can be mounted to an end of the drive linkage such that the drive wheel contacts the ground when installed on the wheelchair. The drive wheel comprises a plurality of lateral rollers positioned radially about the circumference of the power drive wheel. The lateral rollers can rotate about an axis tangential to the circumference of the drive wheel in order to facilitate driving the wheelchair in a radial direction. |
110 |
Yoke module system for powering a motorized wheel |
US15269842 |
2016-09-19 |
US09902253B2 |
2018-02-27 |
Carla R. Gillett |
The yoke module is including wherein an elongated USB power cable, one or more yoke module sections accommodating access for the USB power cable and wire connectors to be threaded through one or more slotted openings and to exit out the top yoke module section, a first connection method to connect with the drive motor's lead cable harness directly to the USB power cable, a method to conceal and protect the drive motor's lead cable harness and the USB power cable by means of a coupling enclosure and yoke sleeve enclosure achieved through the yoke module's fabrication process. The yoke module also comprises a method for USB power cable to provide electricity power to drive a motorized wheel. The yoke module system comprises a second connection method for the yoke module to plug into auxiliary components including; a battery, a computer control system, and sensors for motion stability. |
111 |
METHOD OF CLEANING A MULTIDIRECTIONAL WHEEL |
US15555095 |
2016-02-29 |
US20180037197A1 |
2018-02-08 |
Matthias BRANDL; Thomas FAULHABER; Pavel MELINIC |
The present invention relates to a method of cleaning a multidirectional wheel, wherein the wheel has a wheel body which is rotatable about an axis and has a plurality of rotating bodies which are located at the outer periphery of the wheel body and which form the running surface of the wheel, wherein the wheel body has at least one hollow space which has at least one inlet opening and at least one outlet opening for a flushing fluid and wherein the method comprises the introduction of a flushing fluid through the inlet opening into the at least one hollow space of the wheel body and the washing around of the rotating body by the flushing fluid after the discharge of the flushing fluid from the outlet opening. |
112 |
Vacuum Cleaner Robot |
US15543929 |
2015-12-11 |
US20180008109A1 |
2018-01-11 |
Ralf SAUER; Jan SCHULTINK |
The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner robot comprising a floor nozzle supported on wheels and a dust collection unit, wherein the floor nozzle comprises a driving device for driving at least one of the wheels of the floor nozzle, wherein one of the wheels, a plurality of or all of the wheels of the floor nozzle are omnidirectional wheels, wherein the floor nozzle comprises a base plate with a base surface, which, when the vacuum cleaner robot is in operation, faces the surface to be cleaned, the base plate having provided therein an air flow channel, which extends parallel to the base surface and through which air to be cleaned enters the floor nozzle, and wherein the floor nozzle comprises a rotating means for rotating the air flow channel about an axis perpendicular to the base surface. |
113 |
ROLLING DEVICE, ESPECIALLY FOR FURNITURE, LUGGAGE CASES AND THE LIKE |
US15186699 |
2016-06-20 |
US20170361652A1 |
2017-12-21 |
Romualdo Monteiro de Barros |
The present utility model refers to a rolling device and, more particularly, an improved multi-directional ball caster-type device having a better contact angle between the ball and the ground. The contact angle of the present improved device is from 62° to 50°, or less. As the contact angle can be smaller, the object supported on the rolling system can be more sloped, for example, a luggage case, without having friction between the main ball involving structure and the ground. |
114 |
Wheel |
US29519548 |
2015-03-05 |
USD804766S1 |
2017-12-05 |
Peter R. McKinnon; Gerry Taylor |
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115 |
Magnetic Omni-Wheel with Roller Bracket |
US15158287 |
2016-05-18 |
US20170334241A1 |
2017-11-23 |
Pablo Eduardo Carrasco Zanini Gonzalez; Fadl Abdel Latif; Sahejad Patel; Shigeo Hirose; Michele Guarnieri; Paulo Debenest |
A multidirectional wheel for traversing a surface is provided that includes a magnet and a plurality of rollers disposed around an outer periphery of each of the hubs of the wheels. The rollers are mounted for rotation in a second axial direction that is perpendicular to a first axial direction of the wheel. The rollers are supported by a plurality of magnetically-inducible brackets attached to the hub. The brackets are optimally sized and shaped to reduce the space between the magnetized materials of the wheel and the surface upon which the wheel travels. |
116 |
Flight test instrumentation rack handling device |
US14992842 |
2016-01-11 |
US09810368B2 |
2017-11-07 |
Liisa C. Bruchal; John R. Lesh; Farshad Amiri; Charles O. Munoz |
A particular device includes a frame. The frame includes a first set of members defining a first side configured to be coupled to an instrumentation rack, a second set of members defining a second side, a third set of members defining a third side extending between the first side and the second side, a fourth set of members defining a fourth side, and a fifth set of members defining a fifth side. The fourth side and the fifth side are joined at an obtuse angle to extend between the first side and the second side. The device further includes a plurality of wheels coupled to the frame and extending external to the frame. |
117 |
Multidirectional wheel assembly |
US15343366 |
2016-11-04 |
US09796213B1 |
2017-10-24 |
Matthew Menard; Michael Menard |
A multidirectional wheel assembly for facilitating a cart to be moved in any direction at any time. The assembly includes a cup that is coupled to a leg of a cart. A sphere is rotatably positioned in the cup and the sphere rolls along a support surface. The sphere is rotatable in a selectable direction in the cup to facilitate the cart to be urged in the selectable direction. |
118 |
UNIVERSAL ROTATING MODULE |
US15460252 |
2017-03-16 |
US20170267025A1 |
2017-09-21 |
Li-Wei Yu; Chang-Ru Hsieh; Chang-Hung Chen; Chih-Hung Chuang |
A universal rotating module is provided. The universal rotating module comprises a main body including a first portion and two second portions; a main shaft passing through the through groove to pivotally connected to the main body; two bearings sleeved on and pivotally connected to the second portions along the second direction, respectively; two rollers pivotally connected to the second portions along a third direction, respectively; two hemispherical casings fixed to the two bearings, respectively. The first portion includes a through groove extending along a first direction, and the two second portions protrude from opposite sides of the first portion along a second direction, respectively. Each of the hemispherical casing includes a through hole at the top, and a portion of each of the rollers is exposed out of the corresponding through hole. |
119 |
UNIVERSAL ROTATING MODULE |
US15439954 |
2017-02-23 |
US20170253082A1 |
2017-09-07 |
Chang-Ru Hsieh; Li-Wei Yu; Chang-Hung Chen; Chih-Hung Chuang |
A universal rotating module is provided. The universal rotating module comprises a suspension carrier, a top cover, a globular element, and a plurality of cushion members. The suspension carrier includes a through hole and a plurality of first fixing portions beside the through hole. The top cover includes a plurality of second fixing portions. The globular element is disposed between the suspension carrier and the top cover. A portion of the globular element passes through the through hole. Each of the cushion members is correspondingly connected with the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion. |
120 |
MAGNETICALLY COUPLED SPHERICAL TIRE FOR A SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLE |
US15065959 |
2016-03-10 |
US20170239982A1 |
2017-08-24 |
Sebastien Willy Fontaine; Armand René Gabriel Leconte; Frederic Ngo; Claude Ernest Felix Boes |
A support assembly for a vehicle includes at least two spherical tires travelling on a road surface and rotating relative to the road surface and the vehicle and a drive system magnetically driving rotation of the tires relative to the drive system itself such that no portion of the drive system physically contacts the tires or the road surface. |