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US 8,910,733 B2Granted
Chassis for a vehicle
AssigneeAndroid Industries LLC
InventorsKeith Masserang, Joshua James Hicks, Lawrence J. Lawson, Barry Allan Clark
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Abstract
A chassis front assembly, a chassis rear assembly and a chassis intermediate assembly are disclosed. The chassis front assembly and the chassis rear assembly are connected to the chassis intermediate assembly for forming a chassis. A kit is also disclosed. A method is also disclosed.
Claims25
A chassis front assembly, comprising:
- a front frame member;
- a first wheel assembly connected to the front frame member by a first bracket, wherein the first wheel assembly includes a first wheel connected to the first bracket;
- a second wheel assembly connected to the front frame member by a second bracket, wherein the second wheel assembly includes a second wheel that is connected to the second bracket;
- an electrical contact assembly connected to the front frame member by a third bracket;
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- a motor disposed within a housing that is connected to the first bracket of the first wheel assembly, wherein the motor is connected to the electrical contact assembly by an electrical conduit, wherein the motor is connected to the first wheel of the first wheel assembly for actively rotating the first wheel of the first wheel assembly, wherein the motor is not connected to the second wheel of the second wheel assembly.
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A chassis rear assembly, comprising:
- a rear frame member;
- a first wheel assembly connected to the rear frame member by a first bracket, wherein the first wheel assembly includes a first wheel connected to the first bracket, wherein the first wheel of the first wheel assembly is a caster wheel that casters about a castering axis;
- a second wheel assembly connected to the rear frame member by a second bracket, wherein the second wheel assembly includes a second wheel that is connected to the second bracket, wherein the second wheel of the second wheel assembly is a caster wheel that casters about a castering axis;
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- a track guide assembly connected to the rear frame member by a third bracket.
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A chassis, comprising:
- a chassis intermediate assembly including
- a base frame member;
- at least one enclosure supportably-connected to the base frame member, wherein the at least one enclosure includes one or more of a controller, a battery that stores power, one or more status indicators and one or more user input switches, wherein the base frame member of the intermediate assembly includes a pair of laterally-projecting flanges that extend away from side rail flanges of the base frame member proximate a distal end of the base frame member;
- and a lubricity pad attached to a lower surface of each flange of the pair of laterally-projecting flanges.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.