Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic omni-wheel
- Patent Title (中): 磁性全方位
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Application No.: US14552010Application Date: 2014-11-24
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Publication No.: US09579927B2Publication Date: 2017-02-28
- Inventor: Brian Parrott , Pablo Eduardo Carrasco Zanini Gonzalez , Ali Outa , Fadl Abdel Latif , Hassane Trigui
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Leason Ellis LLP
- Main IPC: B60B19/00
- IPC: B60B19/00 ; B60B19/12

Abstract:
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150151572A1 MAGNETIC OMNI-WHEEL Public/Granted day:2015-06-04
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