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US 2020/0047548 A1Published application
Omnidirectional wheel
AssigneeWHILL, Inc.
InventorsShuntaro SUGIMOTO, Kazuo BANDO
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Abstract
The omnidirectional wheel includes a first support portion which rotates around a rotation axis line, a second support portion which rotates together with the first plate-like member, a number of support shafts respectively supporting a number of rollers, and a number of support plates fixed to the first and the second support portions and which support one or more of the support shafts between the first and second support portions.
Claims24
An omnidirectional wheel whose outer peripheral surface is formed by a plurality of rollers and which rotates around a rotation axis line, the omnidirectional wheel comprising:
- a first support portion which rotates around the rotation axis line;
- a second support portion which is arranged at a position apart from the first support portion in a direction along the rotation axis line and which rotates around the rotation axis line together with the first support portion;
- a plurality of support shafts which support the plurality of rollers;
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- a plurality of support plates which are fixed to the first support portion and the second support portion, wherein
- one or more of the support shafts are fixed to each of the support plates,
- one end of each of the support plates in a direction along the rotation axis line is provided with a first fixing portion, and the other end of each of the support plates in the direction along the rotation axis line is provided with a second fixing portion.
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