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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2006
Applicant:
Gary J. Fischer, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventor:
Gary J. Fischer, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Sandra Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 71/00 (2006.01); F02B 71/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides robotic vehicles having wheeled and hopping mobilities that are capable of traversing (e.g. by hopping over) obstacles that are large in size relative to the robot and, are capable of operation in unpredictable terrain over long range. The present invention further provides combustion powered linear actuators, which can include latching mechanisms to facilitate pressurized fueling of the actuators, as can be used to provide wheeled vehicles with a hopping mobility.