Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electro-permanent magnetic attachment of a vehicle to an object
- Patent Title (中): 车辆对物体的电永磁附接
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Application No.: US14623888Application Date: 2015-02-17
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Publication No.: US09533724B2Publication Date: 2017-01-03
- Inventor: James J. Troy , Gary Ernest Georgeson , Scott W. Lea , Karl Edward Nelson , Daniel J. Wright
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- Main IPC: B62D57/024
- IPC: B62D57/024 ; B62D55/265 ; H01F7/02 ; G05D1/00 ; B64F5/00 ; B25J5/00
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for attaching a crawler vehicle to the surface of an object. The crawler vehicle may comprise a frame, a number of moveable surface-engaging components attached to the frame, a number of actuators, and an electro-permanent magnet. The number of actuators is operable to move the frame with respect to the object when the number of moveable surface-engaging components is in contact with the surface of the object. The electro-permanent magnet is operable to hold the number of moveable surface-engaging components in contact with the surface of the object by a magnetic force between the electro-permanent magnet and the object when the electro-permanent magnet is activated and to remove the magnetic force when the electro-permanent magnet is deactivated to release the number of moveable surface-engaging components from the surface of the object.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160240298A1 Electro-Permanent Magnetic Attachment of a Vehicle to an Object Public/Granted day:2016-08-18
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