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Spherical wheel, and vehicle implementing the wheel

US9579926B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alderbaran Robotics · FR

Inventors

Vincent Clerc · Clamart, FR
Bruno Maisonnier · Paris, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 30, 2013
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 30, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60Y2200/80
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A spherical wheel intended to move a vehicle and a vehicle implementing the wheel are provided, the wheel having its rotation motorized by a shaft able to rotate about an axis. The wheel (10) comprises two shells of which the surface follows the spherical surface of the wheel and each of which is bounded by a plane. The shells are each articulated by means of a pivot connection with respect to the shaft, an axis of each of the pivot connections being perpendicular to the plane of the relevant shell. The planes bounding the two shells are secant.

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