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Patent No.:

US 7597169 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2002

Wheel module

Applicants:

Christopher E. Borroni-bird, Oakland Township, MI (US);

Adrian B. Chernoff, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Mohsen D. Shabana, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Robert Louis Vitale, Macomb Township, MI (US);

Bruce Edward Zemke, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

Inventors:

Christopher E. Borroni-Bird, Oakland Township, MI (US);

Adrian B. Chernoff, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Mohsen D. Shabana, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Robert Louis Vitale, Macomb Township, MI (US);

Bruce Edward Zemke, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

Assignee:

GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Anne Marie Boehler

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A wheel module is configured for use on a vehicle chassis. A drivable vehicle includes a wheel module operatively connected to a vehicle chassis. The wheel module includes at least one non-rotating structural unit, a rotatable wheel controllably connected to the structural unit, a vehicle attachment interface operatively connected to the non-rotating structural unit including a load-bearing vehicle retention coupling and a control signal receiver. The wheel module further includes chassis components including at least one of a brake system, steering system, motor and suspension system operatively connected to the non-rotating structural unit and to the wheel, and operatively connected to the control signal receiver for controlling the wheel in response to non-mechanical control signals received through the control signal receiver.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Borroni-Bird, Christopher. (2009). Wheel module (U.S. Patent No. 7597169). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7597169

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