| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | Mobile welding system | US14550496 | 2014-11-21 | US09724789B2 | 2017-08-08 | William T. Matthews; Patrick S. Wahlen; Stephen R. Cole; Bruce A. Schlee; Keith L. Schlee |
| A mobile welding system that does not rely exclusively on a track to define the path of the welder. The present invention generally provides a mobile welder adapted to move along a work piece, the mobile welder including a chassis supporting a motor assembly; a travel assembly attached to the chassis and adapted to support the chassis over a portion of the work piece, wherein the motor is coupled to the travel assembly to selectively cause the chassis to move relative to the work piece; a controller connected to the motor assembly to control movement of the chassis relative to the work piece; a chassis holder connected to the chassis, the chassis holder being adapted to provide a force holding the chassis a selected distance from the work piece; and a welder supported on the chassis, the welder including an implement adapted to perform a welding operation, wherein the implement is supported on the chassis at a location where the implement and the chassis define an uninterrupted line of sight from the implement to the work piece, wherein the chassis holder is spaced from the line of sight a distance sufficient to prevent the chassis holder from interfering with the welding operation. | ||||||
| 122 | IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR MANEUVERING PARKED MOTORCYCLES AND MOTOR SCOOTERS | US15328344 | 2015-07-23 | US20170210437A1 | 2017-07-27 | Stuart Ian Black; Stephen John McGuiness |
| A dolly for supporting a tyre of a motorcycle or motor scooter off the ground is provided. The dolly comprises: axially aligned wheels supported by a frame which has a frame part forward of the wheels and a frame part behind the wheels, the forward frame part having an open end being such that the motorcycle or motor scooter tyre can locate in the open end, at least one tyre gripping member on the forward frame part and adapted to wedge the tyre when the forward frame part is lifted and release the tyre when the forward frame part is lowered, and a wheel on the frame part behind the wheels. | ||||||
| 123 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL VEHICLE TRANSPORT | US14752178 | 2015-06-26 | US20160375814A1 | 2016-12-29 | Jayson Michael Jochim; Martin Peter Aalund; David Bruce McCalib, JR.; Jon Stuart Battles |
| Concepts of omnidirectional vehicle transport are described. In one embodiment, an omnidirectional vehicle includes a transportation platform, a drive system, and wheels. At a surface level, the vehicle can maneuver in any direction, including longitudinal and lateral directions. The vehicle can also be positioned to engage the wheels with a track having a rack gear to engage with the wheels. A control system of the vehicle can then drive the wheels in engagement with the track to raise the vehicle to a second level. At the second level, the vehicle can maneuver to transfer items onto the vehicle for transportation of the items back to the surface level. After the items are transferred onto the vehicle, it can be positioned for engagement with the track, and the control system can drive the wheels to lower the vehicle to the surface level and offload the items. | ||||||
| 124 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL PINION WHEEL | US14752120 | 2015-06-26 | US20160375723A1 | 2016-12-29 | Jayson Michael Jochim; Martin Peter Aalund; David Bruce McCalib, Jr.; Jon Stuart Battles |
| Concepts of an omnidirectional pinion wheel are described. In one embodiment, the wheel includes a hub, first and second annular rims each including inner and outer rim surfaces, spokes that extend from the hub to the first and second annular rims, a pinion ring including pinion rods that extend between the inner surfaces of the first and second annular rims, and first and second annular rings of rollers affixed on the outer surfaces of the first and second annular rims. Using an axis of freedom of the rollers, the wheel can move sideways in addition to forward and backward. Further, when used with a vertical rack gear, the wheel can provide vertical displacement by engagement between teeth of the gear and the pinion ring. Additionally, various racks and tracks with teeth for pinion ring engagement are described along with an example vehicle capable of vertical displacement using the wheels. | ||||||
| 125 | Hinged Vehicle Chassis | US15137168 | 2016-04-25 | US20160311476A1 | 2016-10-27 | Ali Outa; Pablo Eduardo Carrasco Zanini Gonzalez; Fadl Abdel Latif; Brian Parrott |
| A robotic vehicle chassis is provided. The robotic vehicle chassis includes a first chassis section, a second chassis section, and a hinge joint connecting the first and second chassis sections such that the first and second chassis sections are capable of rotation with respect to each other in at least a first direction. The vehicle includes a drive wheel mounted to one of the first and second chassis sections and an omni-wheel mounted to the other of the first and second chassis sections. The omni-wheel is mounted at an angle orthogonal with respect to the drive wheel. The hinge joint rotates in response to the curvature of a surface the vehicle is traversing. | ||||||
| 126 | Inverted pendulum type vehicle | US13890730 | 2013-05-09 | US09457861B2 | 2016-10-04 | Makoto Araki; Shinya Shirokura; Toru Takenaka |
| An inverted pendulum type vehicle includes a control device for controlling a plurality of electric motors, and a portable device, such as a portable telephone, for displaying a center-of-gravity display point indicating the position of a center of gravity and outputting a command for moving the vehicle. The control device controls a first actuator device and a second actuator device so as to move the vehicle according to the command output from the portable device and the tilting of an occupant boarding member. Such inverted pendulum type vehicle makes it possible to learn how to steer the inverted pendulum type vehicle. | ||||||
| 127 | Omnidirectional wheel | US14405678 | 2013-06-12 | US09434208B2 | 2016-09-06 | Michel Ohruh |
| The present invention relates to an omnidirectional wheel including a central hub; and a tread peripherally mounted on the central hub. The tread includes the juxtaposition of wheels or sleeves arranged along radial planes. The wheel also includes spokes connected, two-by-two, via a shaft section. The shaft section is coaxial to the hub, which has a round cross-section, and onto which freely rotatable rings are fitted. The shaft section includes struts inserted between each ring and shaped such that rings remain in a radial position. The shaft section also includes a series of a plurality of abutting tubular segments. The invention further relates to a module for assembling an omnidirectional wheel. | ||||||
| 128 | Wheel, wheel device and inverted pendulum type vehicle | US14535356 | 2014-11-07 | US09415630B2 | 2016-08-16 | Tsutomu Yoshino; Wataru Yada |
| An omni-wheel of a highly compact and light-weight is provided. The omni-wheel includes a disk-shaped hub member (110), a plurality of support arms (114) extending axially from the peripheral part of the hub member and arranged along a circle concentric to a rotational center line of the hub member at a regular interval, and a free roller (140) rotatably supported by a free end of each support arm around a rotational center line extending tangentially to a circle concentric to the rotational center line of the hub member and passing through a center of the free roller. The present invention also provides a wheel device incorporated with such a wheel and an inverted pendulum type vehicle using such a wheel device as a tail wheel unit. | ||||||
| 129 | Multi-axis caster angle control system of an extendable wheel assembly | US14405480 | 2012-06-04 | US09387880B2 | 2016-07-12 | John Victor Gano |
| A wheel assembly for vehicle includes a wheel, at least one lower suspension link and one upper part, the wheel being arranged to rotate at 360°, to steer the vehicle around a pivot line, a projection of the pivot line onto a vertical projection plane including a vertical axis passing through a contact point between the wheel and ground defining a caster angle (α) with the vertical axis. The wheel assembly includes a at least one screw arranged to adjust the caster angle (α) such that the position of the upper part is moveable relative to the vehicle along a first degree of freedom and a second degree of freedom. | ||||||
| 130 | Magnet sensing hole driller and method therefor | US13931165 | 2013-06-28 | US09352435B2 | 2016-05-31 | Noel A. Spishak; Charles M. Richards; Jeff Hansen; Stephen G. Moore; Dan D. Day |
| A portable device to drill holes has a platform. A plurality of wheel sets is coupled to the platform. A drive system is used for driving the plurality of wheels. An attachment mechanism is positioned on an underside of the platform for securing the device to a surface. A control board is used for controlling the operation of the device. A drill spindle assembly is coupled to the platform. A drill feed assembly is coupled to the drill spindle assembly for raising and lowering the drill spindle assembly. A plurality of sensors are operable to sense one or more magnets disposed below the surface. A drive table is used for positioning the drill spindle assembly in an XY plane based on an output of said plurality of sensors. | ||||||
| 131 | Lifting system for display cases | US13895322 | 2013-05-15 | US09327954B2 | 2016-05-03 | Charles Frank Cozza; Gerry H. Taylor |
| A device for moving store display cases or gondolas which are elevated above a support surface by support posts. The device features a body supported for rolling on the support surface by at least one rotationally engaged wheel. The body has an upper surface dimensioned for an engagement with an underside of said horizontal support member supported by a support post which maintains the support post elevated from the support surface to allow a rolling of the display case or gondola on the wheel of the body. The wheel may have a circumferential edge having rotational rollers rotating traverse to the direction of rotation of the wheel, thereby allowing rolling of the body and supported display, in four directions without steering the wheel. | ||||||
| 132 | Wheel frame | US13138032 | 2010-10-25 | US09248698B2 | 2016-02-02 | Peter R. McKinnon; Gerry Taylor |
| A method of assembling a wheel rotatable about a main axis and having a plurality of peripheral rollers mounted on peripheral axles aligned tangentially about the wheel and radially spaced from the main axis, each peripheral axle joined to adjacent other peripheral axles to form a continuous ring comprising the peripheral axles, the method including the steps of: molding each peripheral axle in a die having a cylindrical cycle for forming the axle shaft of the peripheral axle without longitudinal separation tines, the peripheral axles each having a receiving head portion for receiving a free end of the axle shaft of an adjacent peripheral axle; mounting a roller on each axle shaft; joining the peripheral axles together to form a continuous ring of peripheral axles; and molding a wheel body including a support structure around the continuous ring. | ||||||
| 133 | Electric vehicle and method for controlling electric vehicle | US14002423 | 2012-11-07 | US09180060B2 | 2015-11-10 | Yohei Kume; Tomohiro Shimoda; Akihiro Ohta; Shohei Tsukada; Hideo Kawakami; Tohru Nakamura |
| An omni-directional electric vehicle includes: a body having a chair portion; an operation detection unit which detects an operation direction and an operation amount of an operation input; a travel control information generation unit which generates, based on the operation direction and the operation amount, travel control information including (i) a target straight-movement speed for moving the body in a forward/backward direction and (ii) a target rotation speed for rotating the body about a rotation center; and a control unit which drives a movement mechanism of the body according to the travel control information. The travel control information generation unit-changes, based on the target straight-movement speed, the rotation center for the target rotation speed from a reference position which is set virtually and fixedly to the body in the forward/backward direction. | ||||||
| 134 | Modular Mobile Inspection Vehicle | US14553876 | 2014-11-25 | US20150153312A1 | 2015-06-04 | Pablo Eduardo Carrasco Zanini Gonzalez; Fadl Abdel Latif; Brian Parrott; Hassane Trigui; Sahejad Patel; Ayman Amer; Ali Outa |
| A modular inspection vehicle having at least first and second motion modules is provided. The first and second motion modules are connected to a chassis. The first motion module includes a first wheel mounted to the chassis. The second motion module includes second wheel mounted to the chassis, the second wheel being at an angle to the first wheel. The vehicle further includes a navigation module configured to collect position data related to the position of the vehicle, an inspection module configured to collect inspection data related to the vehicle's environment, and a communication module configured to transmit and receive data. The vehicle can also include a control module configured to receive the inspection data and associate the inspection data with received position data that corresponds to the inspection data collect at a corresponding position for transmission via the communication module. | ||||||
| 135 | Hinged Vehicle Chassis | US14553862 | 2014-11-25 | US20150151797A1 | 2015-06-04 | Ali Outa; Pablo Eduardo Carrasco Zanini Gonzalez; Fadl Abdel Latif; Brian Parrott |
| A robotic vehicle chassis is provided. The robotic vehicle chassis includes a first chassis section, a second chassis section, and a hinge joint connecting the first and second chassis sections such that the first and second chassis sections are capable of rotation with respect to each other in at least a first direction. The vehicle includes a drive wheel mounted to one of the first and second chassis sections and an omni-wheel mounted to the other of the first and second chassis sections. The omni-wheel is mounted at an angle orthogonal with respect to the drive wheel. The hinge joint rotates in response to the curvature of a surface the vehicle is traversing. | ||||||
| 136 | MAGNETIC OMNI-WHEEL | US14552010 | 2014-11-24 | US20150151572A1 | 2015-06-04 | Brian Parrott; Pablo Eduardo Carrasco Zanini Gonzalez; Ali Outa; Fadl Abdel Latif; Hassane Trigui |
| A multidirectional wheel for traversing a surface that includes at least one hub is provided. The hub defines a first axial direction of rotation. A plurality of rollers are disposed around an outer periphery of the hub. The rollers are mounted for rotation in a second axial direction that is at an angle to the first axial direction. The wheel includes at least one magnet that is mounted to the hub. The hub is made of a magnetically inducible material that concentrates the flux of the at least one magnet toward the surface being traversed. | ||||||
| 137 | WHEEL OR TYRE | US14397294 | 2013-03-15 | US20150144239A1 | 2015-05-28 | Roger Frederick Hiscock |
| A wheel or tyre for a bicycle comprises a ground-contacting surface, at least a portion of the ground-contacting surface being carried on a movable portion having a degree of freedom about an axis parallel to a circumference of the wheel or tyre. The wheel or tyre may enable a rider of a bicycle, when cornering, to perform or simulate a drift, slide, broadside or skid. | ||||||
| 138 | Omni-directional remote-controlled mobility apparatus | US14213011 | 2014-03-14 | US09027678B1 | 2015-05-12 | Merry Lynn Morris; Mark Rumsey; Thomas Messerschmidt; Tim John Lewis; Neil Edmonston |
| An omnidirectional mobility apparatus. The current invention is an omnidirectional, remote-controlled mobility apparatus, similar to a wheelchair, which allows the transport of an individual or object(s). The device includes a cubic-shaped base with wheel wells on each vertical side of said base. Within each wheel well is a wheel set, such that the front and rear wheel sets face each other and the left and right wheel sets face each other. The circumference of each wheel set includes a plurality of transverse-facing, smaller wheels disposed incrementally within each wheel set along the circumference of each wheel set, such that a portion of the smaller wheels protrude outside the circumference of each wheel set. This allows the mobility apparatus to propel in any direction. Also included in the device are an adjustable, interchangeable footrest and chair assembly. | ||||||
| 139 | Inverted pendulum type vehicle | US13677827 | 2012-11-15 | US08985249B2 | 2015-03-24 | Shinya Shirokura; Hideo Murakami; Toru Takenaka |
| An inverted pendulum type vehicle having a tiltable rider mounting section includes a first travel operation unit and a second travel operation unit, which are disposed with an interval provided therebetween in the longitudinal direction and which are capable of traveling in all directions, and an operation device which outputs a turn command. In the case where the turn command is output from the operation device in a situation wherein at least the first travel operation unit is traveling in the longitudinal direction or at rest, the moving velocity of the ground contact point of the first travel operation unit and the moving velocity of the ground contact point of the second travel operation unit in the lateral direction of a rider are controlled to have velocities that are different from each other. | ||||||
| 140 | Robotic Omniwheel | US13872054 | 2013-04-26 | US20140318879A1 | 2014-10-30 | Carla R. Gillett |
| A robotic omniwheel for motion comprising various components such as in wheel motor assemblies with brake, supportive hub and axle assemblies, strut and yoke assemblies for suspension, a motor device having controller for steering motion, a motorized universal joint for rocking motion, an active transmission rod to uniquely engage lift and expansion which are managed by a drive logic system comprising status control system and sensor array, laser radar, GPS, and as well a navigational control system including wireless remote control for communication and monitoring motion states for transport and to monitor power levels therein. As well, an electrical system includes battery array to furnish power for the robotic omniwheel array assemblies and to the electrical components via power cable. Accordingly, a navigational system can control components by a cell phone device and by a remote controller device with toggle switches, and also by a remote control panel having touch screen monitor and thusly allowing the robotic omniwheel array to move about in a holonomic manner for transport. | ||||||
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