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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
David Ellis Barker, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Brettany Rupert, Springville, UT (US);
Melissa Elvia Barraza, Richland Hills, TX (US);
Andrew A. May, Elk Ridge, UT (US);
Cameron Barrett Pluim, Kentwood, MI (US);
Cameron Michael Thevenin, Roswell, GA (US);
Michael LeNeave, Columbus, IN (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A device configured to couple to a wheel assembly of a mobile device is provided. The device includes a first side portion configured to couple to a first lateral side of the wheel assembly. The device also includes a second side portion configured to couple to a second lateral side of the wheel assembly opposite the first lateral side, wherein the first and second side portions are compliant mechanisms configured to both move a movable obstacle out of a path of the mobile device and to retract in response to a force exerted on the first and second side portions by a fixed obstacle disposed along the path.