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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2016
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Yoshino, Wako, JP;
Wataru Yada, Wako, JP;
Shoei Abe, Wako, JP;
Shigeo Kobayashi, Wako, JP;
Ken Oizumi, Wako, JP;
Tsuyoshi Yadori, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an omni-wheel including an annular core member for rotatively supporting a plurality of free roller that is light, economical and strong. The omni-wheel comprises an annular core member having at least one junction defined by mutually circumferentially opposing ends thereof, a plurality of sleeve members defining an inner bore and passed onto the core member and a free roller rotatably supported on an outer surface of each sleeve member in a coaxial relationship, wherein the mutually opposing ends of the annular core member at each junction are fitted into either end of the inner bore of the corresponding sleeve member.