Omnidirectional wheel
AssigneeNew Live
InventorMichel Ohruh
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an omnidirectional wheel including a central hub; and a tread peripherally mounted on the central hub. The tread includes the juxtaposition of wheels or sleeves arranged along radial planes. The wheel also includes spokes connected, two-by-two, via a shaft section. The shaft section is coaxial to the hub, which has a round cross-section, and onto which freely rotatable rings are fitted. The shaft section includes struts inserted between each ring and shaped such that rings remain in a radial position. The shaft section also includes a series of a plurality of abutting tubular segments. The invention further relates to a module for assembling an omnidirectional wheel.
Claims7
An omnidirectional wheel comprising:
- a central hub;
- a tread mounted peripherally on said central hub, said tread being comprised of a juxtaposition of sleeves arranged along radial planes;
- spokes connected two-by-two on a shaft section coaxial to the hub, said shaft section having a round cross-section,
- freely rotatable rings inserted onto said shaft section;
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- struts interposed between each ring and inserted onto said shaft section, said struts being shaped so that said rings remain in a radial position, said shaft section being comprised of a series of several abutting tubular segments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.