# US 11,439,061 B2 · Hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,439,061 B2 - Document ID: US11439061B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/861,949 - Filed: 2020-04-29 - Published: 2020-08-13 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2017-11-08 - Assignees: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yu Yan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11439061B2 ## CPC - A01D 34/6812: {Braking or clutching mechanisms} - A01D 34/69: with motor driven wheels - A01D 69/06: Gearings - A01D 69/08: Clutches - B62B 5/00: Accessories or details specially adapted for hand carts ({B62B3/1404} , B62B9/00 take precedence; wheels, axles, or axle bearings for vehicles B60B; castors for vehicles, castors in general B60B33/00) - B62D 11/08: using brakes or clutches as main steering-effecting means - B62D 51/04: the driver walking - F16D 41/088: {the intermediate members being of only one size and wedging by a movement not having an axial component, between inner and outer races, one of which is cylindrical} - A01D 69/02: electric - A01D 2101/00: Lawn-mowers - B62B 5/0026: {Propulsion aids} - B62D 51/06: Uniaxle walk-type tractors - E01H 5/04: Apparatus propelled by animal or engine power; Apparatus propelled by hand with driven dislodging or conveying {levelling} elements, conveying pneumatically {for the dislodged material}(E01H5/10, E01H5/12 take precedence) - F16D 2041/0665: {characterised by there being no cage other than the inner and outer race for distributing the intermediate members} - A01D: HARVESTING; MOWING - B62B: HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES (characterised by animal propulsion B62C; propulsion of sledges by driver or engine B62M) - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - F16D: COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES - E01H: STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; DISPERSING {OR PREVENTING} FOG IN GENERAL {CLEANING STREET OR RAILWAY FURNITURE OR TUNNEL WALLS}(cleaning in general B08B) ## Abstract A hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine that includes a clutch which enables transmission between a wheel and a transmission shaft. The clutch provides a drive state in which the transmission shaft drives the wheel to rotate and an unlocked state in which the wheel is rotatable relative to the transmission shaft. The clutch includes a driving member, combined with the transmission shaft, a movable pin, movable between a locked position in which the clutch is in the drive state and an unlocked position in which the clutch is in the unlocked state, a transmission member connected to the wheel, a movable friction member provided with a limiting slot, where the movable pin is partially disposed in the limiting slot, and a fixed friction member that is fixed to the chassis and that is in a frictional contact with the movable friction member. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine, comprising: a chassis; a handle, connected to the chassis; a wheel, configured to support the chassis and rotatable relative to the chassis; a motor, comprising a motor shaft configured for driving the wheel to rotate; a transmission shaft, driven to rotate by the motor shaft; and a clutch that enables transmission between the wheel and the transmission shaft; wherein the clutch provides a drive state in which the transmission shaft is operative to drive the wheel to rotate and an unlocked state in which the wheel is rotatable relative to the transmission shaft and the clutch comprises: a driving member, combined with the transmission shaft or constituting a part of the transmission shaft, configured to rotate synchronously with the transmission shaft; a movable pin, movable relative to the driving member between a locked position in which the clutch is in the drive state and an unlocked position in which the clutch is in the unlocked state; a transmission member, connected to the wheel and configured to drive the wheel to rotate; a movable friction member, provided with a limiting slot, wherein the movable pin is partially disposed in the limiting slot and is rotatable synchronously with the movable friction member; and a fixed friction member, fixed to the chassis or constituting a part of the chassis, wherein the fixed friction member is in a frictional contact with the movable friction member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine of claim 1, wherein the transmission member is provided with a mounting groove, the driving member and the movable pin are disposed in the mounting groove, the driving member is formed with a driving surface that is in contact with the movable pin and operative to drive the movable pin to move, when the movable pin is in the locked position, the movable pin is in contact with both the driving surface and a groove wall of the mounting groove, and, when the movable pin is in the unlocked position, the movable pin is free of contact with the driving surface, or the groove wall of the mounting groove, or with both the driving surface and the groove wall of the mounting groove. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine of claim 1, wherein the driving member is formed with a driving surface configured for driving the movable pin to rotate in a first direction, and is further formed with a stop surface configured for stopping the movable pin from rotating relative to the driving member in the first direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine of claim 1, wherein the limiting slot is configured to guide the movable pin to move in a radial direction around a rotational axis of the driving member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine of claim 1, comprising two of the clutches, which are arranged at two ends of the transmission shaft. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine of claim 1, further comprising an elastic member configured for applying a force to the movable friction member to drive the movable friction member to come into contact with the fixed friction member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine of claim 6, wherein the elastic member is disposed between the movable friction member and the driving member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine of claim 1, wherein the fixed friction member is sleeved onto an outer periphery of the transmission shaft. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine of claim 1, wherein the wheel is formed with or connected to a driven gear, the transmission member is formed with or connected to a drive gear, and the drive gear is meshed with the driven gear. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine of claim 1, further comprising a second motor, mounted onto the chassis and a working accessory driven by the second motor to perform a tool function. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine of claim 1, further comprising a working accessory driven by the motor to perform a tool function. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine of claim 1, wherein the transmission shaft is operative to be controlled to rotate in two different directions, in response to the motor driving the transmission shaft to rotate in a first rotational direction, the transmission shaft is operative to drive the wheel into rotation, and, in response to the motor driving the transmission shaft to rotate in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction, the movable member is operative to move to the unlocked position causing the clutch to enter the unlocked state. ### Claim 13 A hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine, comprising: a chassis; a handle, connected to the chassis; a wheel, configured to support the chassis and rotatable relative to the chassis; a motor, comprising a motor shaft configured for driving the wheel to rotate; and a clutch, disposed between the wheel and the motor shaft; wherein the clutch provides a drive state in which the motor shaft is operative to drive the wheel to rotate and an unlocked state in which the wheel is rotatable relative to the motor shaft and the clutch comprises: a movable member, movable between a locked position in which the clutch is in the drive state and an unlocked position in which the clutch is in the unlocked state; and a fixed friction member, fixed to or constituting a part of the chassis; wherein, when the clutch is in the unlocked state, the fixed friction member is operative to keep the movable member in the unlocked position by a frictional force, when the clutch is in the drive state, the motor shaft outputs a force that drives the movable member to rotate and that is greater than the frictional force exerted by the fixed friction member on the movable member, and the motor shaft is operative to drive the movable member to rotate relative to the fixed friction member. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine of claim 13, further comprising a movable friction member, wherein the movable member is movably mounted onto the movable friction member, and the fixed friction member is in a frictional contact with the movable friction member. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine of claim 14, further comprising an elastic member configured for applying a force to the movable friction member to drive the movable friction member to come into contact with the fixed friction member. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine of claim 15, wherein the movable friction member is arranged between the fixed friction member and the elastic member. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine of claim 15, wherein the elastic member is a spiral spring, the clutch comprises a plurality of the movable members, and the plurality of the movable members are disposed to surround the elastic member. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine of claim 14, wherein the clutch comprises a plurality of the movable members and the plurality of movable members are movably mounted onto the movable friction member. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine of claim 18, further comprising a transmission shaft, driven by the motor shaft to rotate and wherein the clutch further comprises a driving member, combined with or constituting a part of the transmission shaft, configured to rotate synchronously with the transmission shaft and a transmission member, connected to the wheel and configured to drive the wheel to rotate, provided with a mounting groove, the driving member and the movable member are disposed in the mounting groove, the driving member is formed with a driving surface that is in contact with the movable member and operative to drive the movable member to move, when the movable member is in the locked position, the movable member is in contact with both the driving surface and a groove wall of the mounting groove, and, when the movable member is in the unlocked position, the movable member is free of contact with the driving surface, or the groove wall of the mounting groove, or with both the driving surface and the groove wall of the mounting groove. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The hand-propelled, self-driving, traveling machine of claim 19, wherein the driving member is formed with a driving surface configured for driving the movable member to rotate in a first direction and a stop surface configured for stopping the movable member from rotating relative to the driving member in the first direction.