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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventor:
Eric Deng, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/00 (2006.01); B60B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/00 (2013.01); B60B 19/003 (2013.01); B60R 2019/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
Technology is provided for wheel guards that can help lift the wheel of a wheeled vehicle, such as a robot, up and over an obstacle. The wheel guard can include a guard member including a ramped surface extending between a first end portion and a second end portion, the second end portion coupleable to a suspension of a wheel of the vehicle. A pivot mechanism is attached to the first end portion that is coupleable to a chassis of the vehicle, whereby the guard member can pivot with respect to the chassis as the wheel moves up and down.