Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Omnidirectional wheel
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Application No.: US17774603Application Date: 2020-10-23
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Publication No.: US11938752B2Publication Date: 2024-03-26
- Inventor: Shuntaro Sugimoto , Kazuo Bando , Satoshi Nakagawa
- Applicant: WHILL, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: WHILL, Inc.
- Current Assignee: WHILL, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: BainwoodHuang
- Priority: JP 19203146 2019.11.08
- International Application: PCT/JP2020/039836 2020.10.23
- International Announcement: WO2021/090700A 2021.05.14
- Date entered country: 2022-05-05
- Main IPC: B60B19/00
- IPC: B60B19/00 ; B60B19/12

Abstract:
An omnidirectional wheel whose outer circumference surface is formed by pluralities of rollers, and includes a rotating part that rotates around a rotation axis. A plurality of supports are arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotating part and each mounted on the rotating part. The rollers include a plurality of first rollers and a plurality of second rollers. Each support has a first arm supporting one end side of a corresponding first roller of the plurality of first rollers, and a second arm supporting the other end side of the corresponding first roller. A corresponding second roller of the plurality of second rollers is supported by the first arm of one of two supports that are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction and the second arm of the other one of the two supports.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220396091A1 OMNIDIRECTIONAL WHEEL Public/Granted day:2022-12-15
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