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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151912 | Wheeled inverted pendulum mobile unit A wheeled inverted pendulum mobile unit having: a driving wheel; a body that is tiltable about an axle of the driving wheel with respect to a vertical direction; a plurality of support members that extend downward from the body in the vertical direction, wherein the... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7980336 | Omni-directional drive device and omni-directional vehicle using the same Provided is an omni-directional drive device that does not complicate the arrangement for a power source for a drive source such as an electric motor, and achieves a high durability and an ease of maintenance. A drive force in a first direction is produced by a move... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7980335 | Omni-directional wheel An omni-directional wheel includes a hub rotatable about a wheel axis and a first row of angled rollers about the hub each rotatably supported by the hub. There is at least a second row of angled rollers about the hub each also rotatably supported by the hub. The ro... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7963350 | Spherical armored mobile platform A spherical armored mobile platform (SAMP) is provided for at least one operator to enable protected entry and egress from a militarily hostile environment. The SAMP includes a spherical shell, an armored cockpit and a set of wheels. The spherical shell has inner an... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7891445 | Ball-drive propulsion device Embodiments of the present invention provide an omnidirectional ball-drive propulsion module. The propulsion module may have a drive component supported by a drive frame to engage a ball and a steering component to rotate the drive frame within a housing. Other embo... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7789174 | Dynamically stable transporter controlled by lean A transporter for transporting a subject over a surface that may be irregular. The transporter includes a support platform for supporting a load, the loaded support platform defining fore-aft and lateral planes and characterized by a load distribution. A plurality o... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7779939 | Guided control of a transporter A method for conducting the motion of a transporter under riderless conditions. The transporter has two laterally disposed primary wheels. In accordance with the method, an input is received via a user input disposed on the transporter and a control signal correspon... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7730978 | All-terrain robotic omni-directional drive assembly A main ellipsoidal drive element is provided including a buoyant internal chamber. The main ellipsoidal drive element defines a main ellipsoid axis, a minor ellipsoid plane, a first ellipsoid end portion, a second ellipsoid end portion, and an outer ellipsoid surfac... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7726422 | Spherical walking robot The embodiments of the present invention disclose a spherical walking robot, the spherical walking robot comprises a spherical coronal; a spherical housing which has a surface groove; a walking and transmission mechanism in the spherical housing; a lift and transmis... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7644787 | Turbofan powered vehicle with spherical wheels A vehicle having a chassis comprises a turbofan engine mounted on the chassis for providing thrust to propel the vehicle over a surface, and four wheels located about and mounted on the chassis wherein at least two of the wheels are substantially spherical or partia... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7617891 | Mechanical crawler A self-propelled mechanical crawler adapted to move on a medium. One example of such a crawler includes a foot, a wave generator adapted to drive a periodic wave in the foot, and a wave transfer mechanism coupled between the wave generator and the foot. The wave tra... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7588105 | Virtual-wheeled vehicle A virtual wheel provides a leg pair as a conveyance mechanism for a land vehicle. The virtual wheel propels the vehicle across a surface using a repetitive motion of the legs that contact the ground as would a wheel, due to their geometry. Vehicle embodiments includ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7552784 | Differential steering type motorized vehicle A differential steering type motorized vehicle is capable of directly steering a front wheel by the turning operation of handlebars, and performing on-the-spot turning around a central position of a vehicle body together with differential rotation type control of dr... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7546889 | Guided control of a transporter A method for conducting the motion of a transporter under riderless conditions. The transporter has two laterally disposed primary wheels. In accordance with the method, an input is received via a user input disposed on the transporter and a control signal correspon... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7503410 | Dynamic legged robot A legged robot having a robot structure (20) in the form of a closed kinematic chain and an actuator (26) that contracts when activated. The contraction of the actuator extends a foot element (30) such that it can excerpt a pushing force against... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7434638 | Robotic all terrain surveyor A vehicle including a body and three legs. Each leg includes a proximal end coupled to the body, a distal end opposite the proximal end, and an actuator. Each actuator imparts enough acceleration to the vehicle along an axis of the leg to cause the distal end of the... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7384046 | Powered wheeled vehicle capable of travelling on level ground, over uneven surfaces and on stairs Powered wheeled vehicle (1), capable of travelling both on level ground and over uneven surfaces, comprising at least one driving tread (BR11) as well as two pairs of front wheels (R61) and rear wheels (R21), of which at least one is a dr... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380618 | Stair climbing platform apparatus and method A platform wheeled apparatus that incorporates an intelligent wheel configuration for each wheel in which each wheel can dynamically change its radius to negotiate various obstacles. The intelligent wheel has a rotational hub and support disc that carries a series o... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370713 | Personal mobility vehicles and methods A class of transportation vehicles for carrying an individual over ground having a surface that may be irregular. This embodiment has a motorized drive, mounted to the ground-contacting module that causes operation of the vehicle in an operating position that is uns... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363993 | Traveling apparatus and method for controlling thereof A traveling apparatus suitable for use in a two-wheeled traveling vehicle on which a man rides, and a method for controlling thereof, are provided. An abrupt turn, which can make a rider fall down, is prevented, and stable traveling is obtained without fail. Specifi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357202 | User input for vehicle control A user input for controlling acceleration of a vehicle. The user input has a movable member capable of deflection by a user such that a degree of deflection corresponds to a specified velocity commanded by the user. The correspondence between the degree of deflectio... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357684 | Control system for a linear propulsor array The invention comprises a method of using a scalable, configurable “propulsor” system to move and navigate a submersible device through a fluid medium. A propulsor system is an assembly of individual propulsors that act in concert to form a substantially continu... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350787 | Vehicles and methods using center of gravity and mass shift control system A center of gravity (C/G) control system for a vehicle includes sensors to measure the center of gravity shift and mass shift of the human body in relation to the vehicle, a controller to determine outputs, a dynamically adjustable vehicle system, and a power supply... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341417 | Vehicle-mounted carrier for a personal transporter A carrier for securing a personal transporter to a motorized vehicle generally includes a base for engagement with the motorized vehicle and a transporter support movably engaged with the base for movement between a transport position and a loading position. The per... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7293622 | Foot-controlled motorized vehicle A weight-controlled, motorized vehicle can be accelerated in either direction, steered, or decelerated without hand controls and without repositioning of a rider situated atop the vehicle. Like a skateboard, the vehicle is normally ridden by a rider standing upon a ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284628 | Multipurpose motor vehicle with two coaxial parallel wheels and more electromagnetic holonomic wheels in tandem A vehicle with zero turning radius employing a minimum of two generally parallel matching annular wheels mounted with independent pneumatic toroidal suspensions fixed coaxially on a chassis. The wheels have mounted on their inner hub sides frictional linings along w... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285926 | System and method for locomotive adhesion control A traction control system for controlling an electric traction motor drivingly coupled to a wheel of a tractive vehicle. The traction control system includes means for determining speed of the wheel, means for determining tractive effort of the wheel and a control c... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283897 | Method and system for compensating for wheel wear on a train A method and system for compensating for wheel wear uses position and/or speed information from an independent positioning system to measure some distance over which the train has traveled. Wheel rotation information is also collected over the distance. The wheel ro... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280890 | Method for fabricating sliding vacuum cups A surface clinging robotic device. The device includes a supporting structure or base, on which is mounted (a) a lead pivoting support surface, such as a pivoting wheel, and (b) two or more traction drives, such as drive wheels. Each of the traction drives are indep... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275607 | Control of a personal transporter based on user position A controller for providing user input of a desired direction of motion or orientation for a transporter. The controller has an input for receiving specification by a user of a value based on a detected body orientation of the user. User-specified input may be convey... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273116 | Dynamic balancing vehicle with a seat A device for transporting a human subject over a surface. The device is a dynamically balancing vehicle having a control loop for providing balance. The device includes a platform defining a fore-aft plane. The platform supports a payload including the human subject... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7256559 | Walking structure of object This invention is a “four-direction moving” structure that can move in all four directions without turning first. It contains two groups of wheels that are arranged perpendicular to one another, i.e. four rows of wheels form a quadrate. Within each group, the wh... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249640 | Highly mobile robots that run and jump The present invention relates to novel, highly mobile small robots called “Mini-WHEGS™” that can run and jump. They are derived from our larger WHEGS™(“wheel-like lecis”) series of robots, which benefit from abstracted cockroach locomotion principles. Pa... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7210544 | Control of a transporter based on attitude A transporter for transporting a load over a surface. The transporter includes a support platform for supporting the load. The support platform is characterized by a fore-aft axis, a lateral axis, and an orientation with respect to the surface, the orientation refer... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198280 | Vehicle An electric skateboard is capable of detecting a load applied from a rider accurately without influence from various positions of the rider on the board and without influence from various road conditions. The electric skateboard includes a board arranged to receive ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200482 | Drive control apparatus and method and two-wheeled vehicle A drive control apparatus able to hold an autonomously stabilized posture by a small size configuration by independently detecting abnormalities in a drive system of a first motor and a drive system of a second motor at controllers, outputting the results to majorit... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7192077 | Vehicle drag reduction with air scoop vortex impeller and trailing edge surface texture treatment An improved air scoop device utilizes vortex loops to reduce drag. The apparatus includes a sliding self-retracting portion having a scoop intake, a first chamber area and curved rear deflector with exhaust. The vortex loops connect the curved deflector area with th... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182166 | Footrest tuck mechanism A wheelchair with a footrest that tucks as a power base on which the wheelchair seat is mounted rotates about an axis parallel to a surface. The rotation of the power base raises the height of the seat above the surface. The footrest, which is coupled to the support... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178614 | Traveling apparatus and method for controlling thereof A traveling apparatus and a method for controlling thereof performs efficient charging with regenerative electrical power. An angle θ0 of a table (not illustrated) is detected by a gyroscopic sensor and an acceleration sensor to be supplied to a central ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174976 | Dynamically stable transporter controlled by lean A transporter for transporting a subject over a surface that may be irregular. The transporter includes a support platform for supporting a load, the loaded support platform defining fore-aft and lateral planes and characterized by a load distribution. A plurality o... | 02/13/2007 |
