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US 12,668,320 B2Granted
Crawler type traveling body and traveling apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsEichi Koizumi, Hiroshi Shimura, Ryota Yamashina, Taku Kitahara, Hiroshi Okamoto
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Abstract
A crawler type traveling body includes a drive wheel, an in-wheel motor incorporated in the drive wheel, a plurality of rotating wheels disposed below the drive wheel, a crawler, and a tensioner. The crawler is wound around the drive wheel and the rotating wheels and configured to be rotated by the drive wheel. The tensioner is coupled to a drive shaft of the in-wheel motor and configured to press the drive wheel against the crawler and apply tension to the crawler.
Claims17
A crawler type traveling body comprising:
- a drive wheel including an in-wheel motor;
- a plurality of rotating wheels disposed below the drive wheel;
- a crawler wound around the drive wheel and the rotating wheels and configured to be rotated by the drive wheel;
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- a tensioner coupled directly to a drive shaft of the in-wheel motor, the tensioner configured to fix the drive shaft of the in-wheel motor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.