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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2009
Applicant:
Sven Brudniok, Augsburg, DE;
Inventor:
Sven Brudniok, Augsburg, DE;
Assignee:
Kuka Roboter GmbH, Augsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An omnidirectional wheel has a hub that is rotatable around a rotational axis, and two wheel discs connected to the hub and spaced coaxially on the hub. A number of roller bodies are located between the wheel discs, evenly distributed around a circumferential edge of the wheel. The respective roller axes of the roller bodies are aligned at a diagonal angle relative to the rotational axis, and are each supported in a freely rotating manner between the wheel discs at opposite ends thereof. Each roller body is mounted in a freely rotating manner in respective modules respectively attached to the wheel discs.