Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Shigeo Kobayashi

Wataru Yada

Shoei Abe

Tsutomu Yoshino

Tsuyoshi Yadori

Ken Oizumi

Provided is an omni-wheel including an annular core member for rotatively supporting a plurality of free roller that is light, economical and strong. The omni-wheel comprises an annular core member having at least one junction defined by mutually circumferentially opposing ends thereof, a plurality of sleeve members defining an inner bore and passed onto the core member and a free roller rotatably supported on an outer surface of each sleeve member in a coaxial relationship, wherein the mutually opposing ends of the annular core member at each junction are fitted into either end of the inner bore of the corresponding sleeve member.

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Wako, Japan

Shigeo Kobayashi