Segmented wheel and method and system for controlling a segmented wheel

    公开(公告)号:US10562345B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-18

    申请号:US15882643

    申请日:2018-01-29

    Applicant: X-SIM LLC

    Inventor: Carl E. Hein

    Abstract: An adaptable wheel has a central hub, radial segments connected to the central hub at a proximal end and extending radially from the central hub, each radial segment having a linear actuator configured to change a length of the radial segment; a shoe connected to a distal end of the radial segment for contacting a surface being traversed by the wheel; and a locking mechanism for selectively preventing linear motion of the linear actuator. A control system for an adaptable wheel includes a distance sensor on a vehicle for determining distance to a surface in the path of the vehicle and a computer for receiving distance information from the distance sensor and, responsive to the distance information, determine a desired length of a segment of an adaptable wheel for maintaining a hub of a wheel level, and provide control signals to a linear actuator of the segment.

    Robotic vehicle having traction and mobility-enhanced wheel structures
    4.
    发明授权
    Robotic vehicle having traction and mobility-enhanced wheel structures 有权
    具有牵引力和移动性增强的车轮结构的机动车辆

    公开(公告)号:US09211922B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-15

    申请号:US13588531

    申请日:2012-08-17

    CPC classification number: B62D55/20 B60B15/22 B60B2900/351

    Abstract: A robotic vehicle is provided with improved traction and mobility via a specially designed wheel apparatus including a relatively rigid wheel structure formed from two circular, coaxial sprocketed wheel plates separated by a central hub. The sprockets on the wheel plates are circumferentially aligned with one another, with axially facing sprocket pairs being received in areas defined between circumferentially adjacent pairs of tread links in a series of tread links, equal in number to the number of sprocket pairs, arranged in a circular array around the periphery of the wheel structure. The sprocket pairs are sized and configured in a manner such that substantial relative axial and circumferential movement between the wheel structure and the tread link array are blocked, with the axially facing sprockets in each sprocket pair being axially and resiliently deflected toward one another by surface portions of their associated tread link area.

    Abstract translation: 机器人车辆通过专门设计的车轮设备提供改进的牵引力和移动性,该车轮设备包括由两个由中心轮毂隔开的圆形同轴的链轮轮板形成的相对刚性的车轮结构。 轮板上的链轮彼此周向对齐,其轴向面向的链轮对被容纳在一系列胎面连接件中的周向相邻的胎面连接件对之间限定的区域中,其数量与链轮对的数量相等,排列成 围绕轮结构周边的圆形阵列。 链轮对的尺寸和构造方式使得车轮结构和胎面连杆阵列之间的实质相对的轴向和周向运动被阻挡,每个链轮对中的轴向相对的链轮通过表面部分彼此轴向和弹性地偏转 的相关胎面连接区域。

    FARM IRRIGATION WHEEL
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220266625A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-25

    申请号:US17653158

    申请日:2022-03-02

    Inventor: David M. Patrick

    Abstract: A wheel having a circular ring is provided. The circular ring has a rotational axis and an outer surface. A plurality of lugs is mounted in side-by-side positions on said outer surface of the circular ring. Each lug of the plurality of lugs has: a center rib, a first leg and a second leg, each leg extending from the center rib laterally and opposite of each other, and a lug plate adapted to connect the first leg to the center rib. The outermost point of each center rib may form a circular pattern that is coaxial with the rotational axis. The wheel may have a rim nested within said circular ring, said rim having a plurality of alternating scalloped protrusions, wherein said rim is configured to provide suitable clearance for tools during lug installation and removal while increasing the load capacity of said wheel.

    Improvements relating to tire rims

    公开(公告)号:US10266020B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-23

    申请号:US15100948

    申请日:2014-12-02

    Abstract: A tire rim of a motor vehicle includes a substantially cylindrical body for holding a tire, and a hub connected to the body through radial members, and has an outer face facing, in use, the outside of the vehicle, and an opposite inner face. At least one elongate flexible element associated with the rim can reach a resting configuration within the rim, and a working configuration, extended with respect to the resting configuration, of such a length as to allow the tire to be surrounded, in which each flexible element is wound around the tire to form a snow chain. The rim includes at least one retaining member at a zone of its inner face, to be engaged by a portion of a flexible element in its working configuration.

    SEGMENTED WHEEL AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A SEGMENTED WHEEL

    公开(公告)号:US20190030950A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-31

    申请号:US15882656

    申请日:2018-01-29

    Applicant: X-SIM LLC

    Inventor: Carl E. Hein

    Abstract: An adaptable wheel has a central hub, radial segments connected to the central hub at a proximal end and extending radially from the central hub, each radial segment having a linear actuator configured to change a length of the radial segment; a shoe connected to a distal end of the radial segment for contacting a surface being traversed by the wheel; and a locking mechanism for selectively preventing linear motion of the linear actuator. A control system for an adaptable wheel includes a distance sensor on a vehicle for determining distance to a surface in the path of the vehicle and a computer for receiving distance information from the distance sensor and, responsive to the distance information, determine a desired length of a segment of an adaptable wheel for maintaining a hub of a wheel level, and provide control signals to a linear actuator of the segment.

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