Dually drive wheel assembly
AssigneePerdue Foods LLC
InventorsDaniel J. Coady, Alex Ackley
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Abstract
In general, one aspect disclosed features an apparatus comprising: a mobile agricultural structure; and at least one wheel assembly mechanically coupled to the mobile agricultural structure, wherein each wheel assembly comprises: two or more wheels, a motor disposed between two of the wheels, a drive transference mechanically coupled to the motor and the wheels, wherein the motor is configured to turn the drive transference and the wheels together, a housing, wherein the motor is enclosed by the housing, and a rotatable mechanical linkage mechanically coupled between the housing and the mobile agricultural structure.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a mobile agricultural structure comprising a floorless enclosure with multiple wall barriers and a roof barrier;
- and
- multiple wheel assemblies mechanically coupled to the mobile agricultural structure, wherein each wheel assembly comprises:
- two or more wheels with one or more lockable hubs,
- a motor disposed between two of the wheels,
- a drive transference mechanically coupled to the motor and the wheels via the one or more lockable hubs, wherein the motor is configured to turn the drive transference and the wheels together when all of the one or more lockable hubs are locked, and wherein when one of the one or more lockable hubs is unlocked, the motor is configured to turn the drive transference and only half of the two or more wheels,
- such that where each wheel assembly comprises two wheels and one of the one or more lockable hubs is unlocked, one wheel is turned by the motor allowing the wheel assembly to change direction of the mobile agricultural structure, and
- such that where each wheel assembly comprises more than two wheels, half of the more than two wheels are turned by the motor allowing the wheel assembly to change direction of the mobile agricultural structure;
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- a housing, wherein the motor is enclosed by the housing and the housing is disposed between two of the wheels.
An a mobile agricultural structure comprising a floorless enclosure with multiple wall barriers and a roof barrier comprising:
- two or more wheels with one or more lockable hubs;
- a motor disposed between two of the wheels with a housing enclosing the motor;
- a drive transference mechanically coupled to the motor and the wheels via the one or more lockable hubs;
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- wherein the motor is configured to turn the drive transference and the wheels together when all of the one or more lockable hubs are locked, and wherein when one of the one or more lockable hubs is unlocked, the motor is configured to turn the drive transference and only some of the two or more wheels allowing the wheel assembly to change direction of the mobile agricultural structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.