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7384046 Powered wheeled vehicle capable of travelling on level ground, over uneven surfaces and on stairs  
Powered wheeled vehicle ( 1 ), capable of travelling both on level ground and over uneven surfaces, comprising at least one driving tread (BR 11 ) as well as two pairs of front wheels (R 61 ) and...
7347511 Rotary walker robotic platform  
A rotary walking device having multiple sequential ground engaging elongated struts interconnected between pairs of annular drive disks. Each pair of drive disks having multiple pivot attachment...
7311162 Apparatus and method for traversing compound curved and other surfaces  
A traction unit capable of traversing and turning on surfaces that include compound curves like the surface of a sphere or are inverted like a ceiling. The traction unit includes a plurality of...
7182163 Positioning mechanism for a vehicle  
The invention contemplates a selectably operable hydraulic means for laterally shifting one end of a non-moving vehicle in order to provide a desired alignment. The present invention is...
7143850 Leg joint assist device for legged movable robot  
An assist device is provided with a spring device that generates an auxiliary driving force, by an elastic energy, acting on a joint of a leg. The spring device includes a gas spring having a...
7017687 Reconfigurable articulated leg and wheel  
A reconfigurable leg and wheel device includes an array of components joined in series configurable as i) an articulated leg with the components movable with respect to one another in a walking...
6935447 Stair-climbing hand truck  
A stair-climbing hand truck comprising two casters held in a chassis and a supporting foot constituted by a two-arm lever having a lower support end and an upper end, a supporting foot guide...
6907945 Wheel chair  
Disclosed is a wheel chair capable of going over an obstacle or ascending or descending a stair. The wheel chair comprises a wheel frame; an actuator coupled to the wheel frame; a power generating...
6845830 Method of climbing up/down a step, bogie and wheelchair  
A bogie is provided with a wheel mechanism that can move each wheel in a vertical direction, and a control unit to perform impedance control of moving force to be applied to a wheel supporting unit...
6819780 Method and apparatus for automatically steering a vehicle in an agricultural field using a plurality of fuzzy logic membership functions  
A combine having a camera system is disclosed in which pictures of the ground in front of the vehicle are processed to extract the slope and intercept of a characteristic line indicative of the...
6793026 Wall-climbing robot  
A wall-climbing robot or mobility platform able to ascend and descend various horizontal and vertical surfaces having a chassis, a rotor rotatable with respect to the chassis, one or more...
6752400 Moving unit  
A moving unit provides a wheel that supports a body portion in a condition that the body portion can be moved, a supporting member that is mounted at a position that does not interfere with...
6550787 Conveying apparatus for ascending or descending stairways  
A conveying apparatus capable of ascending or descending stairways and carrying goods consists of a frame, a transmission mechanism and a driving mechanism located on a lower section of the frame....
6484829 Battery powered stair-climbing wheelchair  
A self-propelled battery-powered wheelchair replaces an ordinary wheelchair and provides improved access to homes. The wheelchair includes stair climbing, slope climbing, and reclining while...
6397960 Transporting device  
A transporting device has wheels, a stair climbing unit having climbing legs, an electric motor provided for driving of the stair climbing unit, a drive shaft which is driven by the electric motor...
6341784 Motor-driven stair climbing device  
A motor-driven stair climbing device ( 10 ) to carry equipment and goods, more particularly wheel chairs ( 9 ) with disabled persons. The wheel chair ( 9 ) can be detachably fixed to the stair...
6328120 Stair climbing vehicle  
In a stair-climbing vehicle for negotiating steps, ledges and stairs comprising a vehicle body having wheel support arms mounted thereon at opposite sides and in spaced relationship so as to be...
6311795 Work vehicle steering and suspension system  
A work vehicle steering system for a work vehicle having a frame, a plurality of wheels, and a coupling assembly coupled to at least one of the wheels is provided. The coupling assembly includes...
6311794 System and method for stair climbing in a cluster-wheel vehicle  
A system and method for operating a device in ascending or descending stairs. The device has a plurality of wheels rotatable about axes that are fixed with respect to a cluster arm, where the...
6267196 High mobility vehicle  
A vehicle, for driving over a ground surface, has a body with a left side, a right side, a front and a back. The vehicle includes left and right drive mechanisms. Each mechanism includes first and...
6161639 Vehicle dislodging system  
The vehicle dislodging system in accordance one embodiment in the present invention for a vehicle with a longitudinally extending vehicle frame includes a first arm and a drive system. The first...
6123162 Hand truck with detachable power unit  
A hand truck has a movable load platform that can be driven upwards and downwards by driving means associated with a readily detachable power unit. This allows an operator to place the hand truck...
6079510 Turn assisting mechanism for a vehicle  
A turn assisting mechanism assists a turning motion of a vehicle, such as a lawn mowing vehicle, so that the vehicle may not damage the ground (lawn grass, crops, etc.) when the vehicle makes a...
6068073 Transformable mobile robot  
A versatile robot provides a plurality of different, primary locomotion means and the capability of switching between modes of movement on a rapid basis to traverse a variety of terrains at high...
5833248 Stairway ascending/descending vehicle having an arm member with a torque transmitting configuration  
A stairway ascending/descending vehicle which may ascend/descend the steps of the stairs having a height greater than a diameter of wheels and in which vertical vibration is suppressed. The...
5526890 Automatic carrier capable of smoothly changing direction of motion  
In an automatic carrier having a body and a wheel base rotatably mounted on the body, a driving wheel is fixed to the body and a driven wheel is fixed to the wheel base. The direction of the driven...
5513716 Adaptive mobility system  
A wheeled mobility system, such as a wheelchair, having articulated limbs for providing a tractive force between the mobility system and a surface. The articulated limbs provide tractive locomotive...
5372211 Method for surmounting an obstacle by a robot vehicle  
Surmounting obstacles in the path of a robot vehicle is accomplished by rotating the wheel forks of the vehicle about their transverse axes with respect to the vehicle body so as to shift most of...
5351773 Walking robot  
A walking robot capable of easily avoiding obstructions and easily being balanced while walking. The walking robot comprises: four corner blocks for connecting each end of X-guides and Y-guides;...
5137101 Cross-country vehicle with stepwise locomotion  
A stepping vehicle with a chassis having two height-adjustable wheel arms with braked wheels and two stepping legs powered individually. The stepping legs are equipped with pivot limit positions...
4977971 Hybrid robotic vehicle  
A hybrid robotic vehicle is provided for use in environments which are hazardous to humans, the vehicle being adapted to carry a payload for use in viewing the area or acquiring other types of...
4790400 Stepping vehicle  
A vehicle 1 comprises an upper mounting 2 which is a hollow beam pivotally attached via pivot means 4 to a lower mounting 3 which is also a hollow beam. A work platform 15 is fixed on to the upper...
4779691 Cross-country vehicle  
The present invention creates a cross-country vehicle that is characterized by the combination of two hydraulically operated leg units at the front of the vehicle with two wheels at the rear of the...
4759421 Industrial vehicle with integrated emergency recovery device  
The industrial truck or vehicle comprises a support body or member supporting an elevatable platform. The support body is supported and guided on both ends by a respective transverse pivot joint of...
4558758 Prime mover  
A prime mover having a central body with a plurality of elongated legs pivotally connected to said central body for movement both up and down and sideways and individual steerable drive means on...
4266627 Traveling assembly and wheel suspension for a rolling and stepping vehicle  
A traveling assembly, especially a wheel suspension, for a vehicle capable of rolling and stepping or walking travel upon a regular or uneven surface, e.g. for cranes, excavators, construction,...
4265326 Rolling and stepping vehicle  
A rolling and stepping vehicle capable of serving as a platform for a variety of working elements, e.g. a crane or an excavator, has a central support provided with a plurality of outwardly...
3208544 Stepping wheel vehicle  
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