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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2017
University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
The United States Government As Represented BY the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Munich, DE;
Rory Alan Cooper, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Hongwu Wang, Edmond, OK (US);
Brandon Joseph Daveler, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Benjamin Todd Gebrosky, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Garrett G. Grindle, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jonathan L. Pearlman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Urs Schneider, Stuttgart, DE;
David Minzenmay, Stuttgart, DE;
University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., Munich, DE;
Abstract
A personal mobility device includes a frame, a plurality of wheels attached to the frame and one or more pneumatic motors. Each of the one or more pneumatic motors has a drive shaft in operative connection with at least one of the plurality of wheels. The personal mobility device further includes at least one tank (that is, a storage container) for storage of a pressurized gas in operative connection with the one or more pneumatic motors to supply pressurized gas to the one or more pneumatic motors and a control system in operative connection with the at least one tank and with the one or more pneumatic motors.