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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2020
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a frictional drive unit that can arrange drive rollers with high density and facilitate an attachment operation of the drive rollers, a frictional drive unitincludes a pair of drive disks, a plurality of drive rollersrotatably supported by an outer circumferential portion of each drive disk, a pair of actuatorsconfigured to independently rotate the pair of drive disks, and an annular main wheelarranged between the pair of drive disks and coming into contact with the drive rollers. Each drive roller includes a roller shaftand a round roller bodyprovided on an intermediate portion of the roller shaft. Each drive disk includes plural pairs of bearing grooveseach receiving both ends of the roller shaft of each drive roller. Each bearing grooves open toward the main wheel.