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 WHEEL AXLE ASSEMBLY WITH STABILIZING BRACES US15885801 2018-01-31 US20180162164A1 2018-06-14 MARK C. CARTER
A releasable wheel assembly is presented. The releasable wheel assembly includes a base plate and a bracket coupled to the base plate. The bracket includes multiple bosses and each boss includes a hole. An axle passing through the hole of each boss. The axle includes a circumferential groove adjacent to each end of the axle. Additionally, a brace is coupled to the base plate and the axle.
122 MULTIDIRECTIONAL WHEEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF SAME US15553639 2016-02-22 US20180126779A1 2018-05-10 Matthias BRANDL; Thomas FAULHABER; Bernd SONJE; Jens MEESKE
The present invention relates to a multidirectional wheel, wherein the wheel has a wheel body rotatable about a wheel axle and having two half-shells and has a plurality of rotating bodies which are located at the outer periphery of the wheel body and via which the wheel can roll off, wherein at least one half-shell, and preferably both half-shells, has/have mounts in which end regions of the axles of the rotating bodies are received or which project into end regions of the axles of the rotating bodies, wherein the mounts of the half-shells are configured as continuously converging.
123 Wheel for center pivot irrigation system US15078878 2016-03-23 US09962992B1 2018-05-08 Dustin Covey
A center pivot irrigation system wheel including a hub having an axis of rotation and having lateral and oppositely lateral sides; a plurality of spoke pairs having distal ends and having proximal ends, each proximal end being attached to the hub, each spoke pair having lateral and oppositely lateral spokes, each lateral spoke being intersected by an axially extending plane of orientation, and said each oppositely lateral spoke being intersected by the same plane of orientation; a first plurality of axially extending through spaces, each through space being bounded by an adjacent pair of the spoke pairs; an annular rim having an outer surface, the distal end of each spoke being fixedly attached to the rim; and a plurality of treads, each tread being fixedly attached to the annular rim's outer surface.
124 Omni-wheel, frictional propulsion device and omni-directional vehicle US15096762 2016-04-12 US09919557B2 2018-03-20 Tsutomu Yoshino; Wataru Yada; Shoei Abe; Shigeo Kobayashi; Ken Oizumi; Tsuyoshi Yadori
Provided is an omni-wheel including an annular core member for rotatively supporting a plurality of free roller that is light, economical and strong. The omni-wheel comprises an annular core member having at least one junction defined by mutually circumferentially opposing ends thereof, a plurality of sleeve members defining an inner bore and passed onto the core member and a free roller rotatably supported on an outer surface of each sleeve member in a coaxial relationship, wherein the mutually opposing ends of the annular core member at each junction are fitted into either end of the inner bore of the corresponding sleeve member.
125 Hinged vehicle chassis US15137168 2016-04-25 US09849925B2 2017-12-26 Ali Outa; Pablo Carrasco Zanini; Fadl Abdellatif; 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 WHEEL FRAME COMPONENT US15542063 2016-01-06 US20170361648A1 2017-12-21 Peter R. McKinnon
A multiple directional wheel including a wheel frame comprising identical component parts. Each of the wheel frame components comprise: a hub having a main axis about which the multiple directional wheel is adapted to rotate; a hub rim radially surrounding the hub; a first plurality (four shown) of peripheral roller supporting arms (“first arms”) radially extending from the hub rim and aligned in a first plane; and a second plurality of peripheral roller supporting arms (“second arms”), each member arm of the second plurality of peripheral roller supporting arms having a radially inner base and being circumferentially offset with respect to diagonally adjacent members of the first plurality of peripheral roller supporting arms. Each of the wheel frame components further comprise a plurality of beams corresponding to the number of member arms of the second plurality of peripheral roller supporting arms, each respective beam extending from the hub rim to a corresponding inner base of a member arm of the second plurality of peripheral roller supporting arms, and a plurality of spigots extending from each corresponding one of the plurality of beams or the inner bases. The second plurality of peripheral roller supporting arms lie in a second plane normal to the main axis, spaced from, and parallel to, the first plane; and each of the spigots from one of the wheel frame components is received in a recess formed in a facing surface of a complementary one of the wheel frame components to join the wheel frame components to form the wheel frame.
127 MECANUM-WHEELED VEHICLE AND OPERATING METHOD US15536323 2015-11-19 US20170341465A1 2017-11-30 Pavel Zdrahal; Baudouin Uebelhart
A mecanum-wheeled vehicle (1), in particular for transporting a load, comprising a chassis (5) extending along a longitudinal axis (L) and a width axis (B) oriented perpendicular to the same, said chassis comprising at least four mecanum wheel drives (2; 2a to 2d) which can be controlled via control means (13) for carrying out an omnidirectional operation of the mecanum-wheeled vehicle (1), wherein the chassis (5) has a first chassis section (21a) with at least two (2a, 2b) of the mecanum wheel drives (2; 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) and a second chassis section (21b) with at least two (2c, 2d) of the mecanum wheel drives (2; 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d). According to the invention, the first and the second chassis sections (21a, 21b) are arranged adjacent along a first adjustment axis (E1) and are mechanically connected to one another such that the spacing between same can be varied, and the spacing between the first and second chassis sections (21a, 21b) is adjustable along a first adjustment axis (E1) by controlling at least one of the mecanum wheel drives (2; 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) of the first chassis section (21a) and/or of the second chassis section (21b) by means of the control means (13).
128 Roller having a driven wheel, load truck comprising a roller having a driven wheel and operating device US14899363 2014-06-12 US09827843B2 2017-11-28 Wolfgang Block
A wheel of a roller includes a roller axis, the wheel being driven by an electric motor, wherein the electric motor is a hub motor which drives a hub body, which extends with circumferential spacing and surrounds the wheel axle, relative to the fixed wheel axle, wherein furthermore the wheel has a running surface. The running surface is formed on a running surface carrier and the running surface carrier is supported flush on the hub body at the back of the running surface. Further, a manually movable load truck includes one or more rollers, of which at least one roller has a driven wheel. Further, an operating device, in particular for a manually movable load truck, is formed having a substantially annular cross-section having a central through opening.
129 Universal multi-terrain brake system (UBS) with adjustable wheel traction (AWT) US14494595 2014-09-24 US09815325B2 2017-11-14 Reginald Bertram Howard
This invention relates to a universal brake system (UBS) that combines features from an adjustable wheel traction system (WTS) and an improved anti-lock brake (ABS) system. The WTS provides a plurality of extendable and retractable spikes contained in a wheel assembly or wheel adapter to increase traction (friction) between a vehicle's wheel and its supporting surface. To further improve wheel traction each wheel spike has different types of changeable heads for different types of terrain and road surfaces. When operating in dry road mode, the UBS operates as an anti-lock braking system except the spikes can operate during emergency braking to provide additional traction between the tire and wheel support surface. When operating in slippery road mode, the UBS activates the WTS for increase traction control and utilize an improved computer controlled anti-lock braking system to alternate between wheel lock and anti-lock brake with skid control to provide the ultimate solution to decreasing a vehicle's stopping distance and controlling a vehicle's skid on slippery and dry road surfaces.
130 Roller assemblies for a holonomic base US14952970 2015-11-26 US09809056B1 2017-11-07 Justine Rembisz; Christopher Lynn Morey
Holonomic bases, and drive shafts and roller assemblies that can be used in the holonomic bases. In some implementations, a holonomic base includes at least two pairs of roller assemblies, with each of the pairs being coupled to a corresponding drive shaft. In some of those implementations, each of the roller assemblies of each pair includes three roller segments that are each coupled to the corresponding drive shaft and that each include an exposed outward facing spherical zone that approximates a portion of the surface of a sphere. The roller segments of each roller assembly are in fixed relation to one another relative to the rotational axis of a drive shaft to which the roller assembly is coupled, but the roller segments each freely rotate about a corresponding roller segment rotational axis that extends outward from the drive shaft.
131 Article movement systems, ball wheels and related apparatus and methods US15232883 2016-08-10 US09783001B1 2017-10-10 Rodney P. Panter
An article movement system includes an article and at least one ball wheel. The article has first and second article surfaces meeting at a first article edge. The ball wheel is located along the first article edge and includes a ball, a bearing arrangement and a shell. The ball engages a surface underlying the article, the bearing arrangement supports the ball for omni-directional rotational movement, and the shell is located along the first article edge and contains the ball and the bearing arrangement. The shell defines a non-circular ball opening through which a portion of the ball extends to contact the underlying surface. The article, the bearing arrangement and the shell are configured such that the ball wheel is able to support the article for omni-directional rolling motion over the underlying surface with either of the first and article surfaces parallel thereto, and at any orientation therebetween.
132 CASTER APPARATUS AND TRANSFERRING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME US15354439 2016-11-17 US20170259618A1 2017-09-14 Nam Su YUK; Jung Jun PARK; Eun Kyung HONG; Beom Soo HWANG
A caster apparatus is provided. In one embodiment, there is provided a caster apparatus including a caster wheel and a first driving wheel disposed on a first side of the caster wheel. The first driving wheel is configured to be driven by a first motor. A second driving wheel is disposed on a second side opposite to the first side of the caster wheel. The second driving wheel is configured to be driven by a second motor different from the first motor. A first actuator is configured to move the first driving wheel in a vertical direction to a ground according to a curvature of the ground. A second actuator is configured to move the second driving wheel in a vertical direction to the ground according to a curvature of the ground, wherein the first and second driving wheels are configured to steer the caster wheel.
133 IRRIGATION SYSTEM PROPULSION WHEELS AND METHODS OF MAKING US15435513 2017-02-17 US20170239981A1 2017-08-24 Matthew E. Welsh
Wheels adapted to roll on and across surfaces of fields, for example, as part of irrigation systems of types used in agricultural applications. Such a wheel has an axis of rotation, a center portion comprising a central hub concentrically disposed on the axis of the wheel and multiple spokes radiating from the central hub, and a tread portion circumscribing the center portion. A radially outermost extent of each spoke terminates at a spade that is oriented parallel to the axis of the wheel. The tread portion includes tread plates, each located between and attached to adjacent pairs of the spokes. The spades protrude radially outward between and beyond adjacent pairs of the tread plates.
134 Dual wheel assemblies for skateboards and related methods US14988299 2016-01-05 US09737789B2 2017-08-22 Paul Brooks
A wheel for a skateboard may include a bearing assembly, an annular rim coupled to and extending annularly around the bearing assembly, and a tapered tire portion coupled to and extending annularly around the annular rim. A dual wheel assembly may include a first wheel disposed on a longitudinal end portion of an axle, a spacer disposed on the longitudinal end portion of the axle adjacent to the first wheel and abutting against the first wheel, and a second wheel disposed on the longitudinal end portion of the axle adjacent to the spacer and abutting against the spacer. A method of making a dual wheel assembly may include disposing a first wheel on an axle, disposing a spacer on the axle adjacent to the first wheel, and disposing a second wheel on the axle adjacent to the spacer.
135 Omni-Directional Wheel for Pool Vacuum Head US15002619 2016-01-21 US20170210164A1 2017-07-27 Olaf Mjelde
An omni-directional wheel for a pool vacuum head includes a first frame and a second substantially identical frame, each frame having a hub rotating around a common axis, lower supports extending radially from the hub, risers extending from the hub along the common axis, and upper supports individually coupled to the risers, the upper supports extending radially from the common axis. Rollers coupled to the first frame and the second frame, are radially spaced from the common axis on each frame. The rollers rotate normal to the common axis to impart omni-directional movement. When the first frame and the second frame are interlocked, the risers on the first frame engage the hub on the second frame, and the lower supports on the first frame engaging the upper supports on the second frame, maintaining the rollers in a staggered arrangement around the wheel.
136 Magnetic Omni-Wheel US15436368 2017-02-17 US20170166004A1 2017-06-15 Brian Parrott; Pablo Carrasco Zanini; Ali Outa; Fadl Abdellatif; Hassane Trigui
A multidirectional wheel for traversing a surface that includes a hub having 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. A method for traversing a magnetically inducible surface using the multidirectional wheel is further provided.
137 OMNIDIRECTIONAL PINION WHEEL US15438149 2017-02-21 US20170157980A1 2017-06-08 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 first and second rims each including inner and outer rim surfaces, and an annular ring of rollers affixed on the outer surface of one of the first and second annular rim. 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.
138 WHEELS FOR NON-MOTORIZED VEHICLES US15170065 2016-06-01 US20170050466A1 2017-02-23 John C. McKay
A wheel for a non-motorized vehicle (e.g., a shopping cart) can include a housing assembly and a tread assembly. The housing assembly can be configured to sealingly house electronics or other components. The tread assembly can removably mate with the housing assembly such that the electronics or other components remain closed and/or sealed within the housing assembly when the tread assembly is mated or unmated with the housing assembly.
139 KICKSCOOTER WITH DETACHABLE ELECTRIC DRIVE MODULE WITH HUB-CENTER STEERING AND VIBRATION DAMPENING WHEEL US14789586 2015-07-01 US20170001683A1 2017-01-05 Gábor Gerencsér
A number of variations may include a foldable scooter comprising a first frame component, wherein the first frame component comprises a steering column and a handlebar, wherein the steering column is integrated with an electric drive unit speed controller which is constructed and arranged to operatively control a removeable electric drive module; a second frame component, wherein the second frame component is rotatably attached to the first frame component so that the first frame component can fold onto the second frame component and wherein the second frame component includes a deck; a front wheel operatively connected to the first frame component; and a rear wheel operatively connected to the second frame component.
140 FRICTIONAL PROPULSION DEVICE AND OMNI-DIRECTIONAL VEHICLE US15099139 2016-04-14 US20160303900A1 2016-10-20 Tsutomu YOSHINO; Wataru YADA; Makoto HASEGAWA; Shinichiro KOBASHI; Jun INADA
In a frictional propulsion device comprising a main wheel including a plurality of driven rollers rotatably supported by an annular core member about a tangential direction and a pair of drive disk each carrying a plurality of drive rollers about a rotational center line at an angle with respect to both a tangential line of the drive disk and the rotational center line of the drive disk such that the drive rollers at least partly engage the driven rollers, a diameter of a drive side contact circle is smaller than a diameter of a driven side contact circle, and the drive disks are vertically offset relative to the main wheel so that only those drive rollers adjoining the main wheel are in contact with the driven rollers. Thereby, the power efficiency of the device can be improved while minimizing the manufacturing cost and the weight of the device.
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