Active caster
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHirotaka KOMURA
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Abstract
To provide an active caster that facilitates replacement of a wheel. An active caster according to the present disclosure is adapted to enable steering of a single wheel by interference drive. An active caster includes a vertically extending steering axis, a horizontally extending axle, and a wheel connected to the axle. The active caster has both an offset s of the axle with respect to the steering axis T in a horizontal direction orthogonal to a direction in which the axle extends, and an offset d of the wheel with respect to the steering axis T in a direction in which the axle extends.
Claims5
An active caster adapted to enable steering of a single wheel by interference drive, comprising:
- a vertically extending steering axis;
- a horizontally extending axle;
- and
- a wheel rotating about the axle, wherein
- the active caster has both
- an offset s of the axle with respect to the steering axis in a horizontal direction orthogonal to a direction in which the axle extends and
- an offset d of the wheel with respect to the steering axis in a direction in which the axle extends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.