Patent · US Expired

Powered wheelchair having transversely mounted drive mechanism

US5094310A · kind A · utility

34Cited by
12References
7Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateNov 29, 1990
Grant dateMar 10, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 29, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S297/04
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A powered wheelchair includes a high efficiency drive mechanism for increasing the range of travel on a predetermined battery charge. Drive motors are transversely mounted relative to side frames of the wheelchair, and disposed in superimposed arrangement for varying the width of the wheelchair.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.