Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Omni-directional wheel assembly and omni-directional vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 全方位车轮组装和全方位车辆
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Application No.: US13496823Application Date: 2011-04-20
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Publication No.: US08689914B2Publication Date: 2014-04-08
- Inventor: John Victor Gano , Enrique Hector Scalabroni
- Applicant: John Victor Gano , Enrique Hector Scalabroni
- Applicant Address: CH Russin
- Assignee: John Victor Gano
- Current Assignee: John Victor Gano
- Current Assignee Address: CH Russin
- Agency: Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
- Priority: WOPCT/IB2010/001296 20100528; WOPCT/IB2010/001652 20100622
- International Application: PCT/EP2011/056380 WO 20110420
- International Announcement: WO2011/147648 WO 20111201
- Main IPC: B60K7/00
- IPC: B60K7/00 ; B60G7/00 ; B60B19/00

Abstract:
An omni-directional wheel assembly for a vehicle that includes a wheel, at least one lower suspension link and an upper attachment joint. Both the at least one lower suspension link and the upper attachment joint are attachable to the vehicle. The wheel is able to rotate at 360°, to steer the vehicle, around a pivot line positioned by the at least one lower suspension link and the upper attachment joint once attached to the vehicle. A projection of the pivot line onto a vertical projection plane comprises a vertical axis passing through a contact point between the wheel and ground defining a caster angle with the vertical axis, where whatever the orientation of the projection plane, the omni-directional wheel assembly includes an adjustment means able to adjust the caster angle within a predetermined range.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130056288A1 Omni-Directional Wheel Assembly and Omni-Directional Vehicle Public/Granted day:2013-03-07
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