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Selectively reconfigurable drive-assembly

US11299202B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH · AT

Inventors

Michael Hofbaur · Graz, AT
Mathias Brandstötter · Klagenfurt, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 7, 2020
Grant date	Apr 12, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 20, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62D9/04
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a drive assembly comprising: a reconfigurable differential drive comprising a first wheel and a second wheel, wherein the first and second wheels are moveable with different angular velocities around respective first and second rotation axes; a steering actuator configured to rotate the first wheel around a first pivot axis and/or the second wheel around a second pivot axis; wherein the first and second wheels are coupled such that a rotation of the first wheel around the first pivot axis by a first adjustment angle results in a rotation of the second wheel around the second pivot axis by a second adjustment angle, the second adjustment angle being dependent on the first adjustment angle.

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