Pneumatic powered mobility devices

US11504286B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education · US
• United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs · US
• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

• Rory A. Cooper · Pittsburgh, US
• Hongwu Wang · Pittsburgh, US
• Brandon Joseph Daveler · Pittsburgh, US
• Benjamin Todd Gebrosky · Gibsonia, US
• Garrett G. Grindle · Pittsburgh, US
• Jonathan L. Pearlman · Pittsburgh, US
• Urs Schneider · Munich, DE
• David Minzenmay · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 4, 2017
• Grant date: Nov 22, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60Y2200/84
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A personal mobility device includes a frame, a plurality of wheels attached to the frame and one or more pneumatic motors. Each of the one or more pneumatic motors has a drive shaft in operative connection with at least one of the plurality of wheels. The personal mobility device further includes at least one tank (that is, a storage container) for storage of a pressurized gas in operative connection with the one or more pneumatic motors to supply pressurized gas to the one or more pneumatic motors and a control system in operative connection with the at least one tank and with the one or more pneumatic motors.