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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 18, 2016
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Hibot Corporation, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Fadl Abdellatif, Thuwal, SA;
Shigeo Hirose, Tokyo, JP;
Michele Guarnieri, Tokyo, JP;
Paulo Debenest, Tokyo, JP;
Ali Outa, New York, NY (US);
Brian Parrott, Thuwal, SA;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
HiBot Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A multidirectional wheel for traversing a surface is provided that includes a magnet and a plurality of rollers disposed around an outer periphery of each of the hubs of the wheels. The rollers are mounted for rotation in a second axial direction that is perpendicular to a first axial direction of the wheel. The rollers are supported by a plurality of magnetically-inducible brackets attached to the hub. The brackets are optimally sized and shaped to reduce the space between the magnetized materials of the wheel and the surface upon which the wheel travels.