Wheel unit with a location sensor

US10473680B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Noa Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Nick Lobnitz · Fenwick, GB
• Seth Brandon Spiel · San Francisco, US
• Jason Van der Schyff · San Francisco, US
• Adam Fewtrell · Berlin, DE
• Martin Schuster · Eßlingen, DE
• Nelson Pina · Berlin, DE
• Pedro Silva · Berlin, DE
• Roman Laabs · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2017
• Grant date: Nov 12, 2019
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01P3/44
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A wheel unit includes a rotating wheel, a wheel axle, and a location sensor. The rotating wheel rotates with respect to the wheel axle. The location sensor is disposed in a fixed position with respect to the wheel axle. The location sensor determines coordinates for a location of the wheel unit.