Wheel assembly
OwnerMichael Carpenterinventor
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Abstract
A wheel assembly comprising a wheel that is rotatable about a shaft. The wheel is supported by a plurality of connecting members to rotate about a plurality of motors that are arranged on the shaft. The plurality of motors are operable to control the connecting members so as to adjustably shift a central axis through the wheel relative to a central axis through the shaft. The wheel assembly may thus be used to dynamically adjust a position of the wheel axis relative to the central axis of the motors.
Claims20
A wheel assembly, the wheel assembly comprising a wheel that is rotatable about a shaft, the wheel being supported by a plurality of connecting members to rotate about a plurality of motors arranged on the shaft, the plurality of motors being operable to control the connecting members so as to adjust a distance between the shaft and a rim of the wheel.
A wheel assembly, the wheel assembly comprising a wheel that is rotatable about a shaft, the wheel being supported by a plurality of connecting members to rotate about a plurality of motors that are arranged on the shaft, the plurality of motors being operable to control the connecting members so as to adjustably shift a central axis through the wheel relative to a central axis through the shaft.
A wheel assembly, the wheel assembly comprising one or more motors that are arranged on a shaft and coupled by one or more connecting members to a wheel such that the wheel is driven by the one or more motors to rotate about a central axis of the shaft, the shaft being fixed so as to not rotate about the central axis therethrough, wherein the one or more motors are operable to control the one or more connecting members so as to adjustably shift a central axis through the wheel relative to the central axis through the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.