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Title:
TROCHOID DRIVE MECHANISM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2015020565
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify a steering mechanism and a drive wheel mechanism, and to move a locus which is approximate to a trochoid curve by contact point movement, for achieving off-road stable travel in all orientations.SOLUTION: A trochoid drive mechanism 1 comprises: four action parts 20 respectively having an axle 22 to whose tip end a wheel 23 is fixed; a motion mechanism part 30 for moving the axle 22 on a ground by gyrating movement; and an inclination mechanism part 40 for inclining a turning central axis of the gyrating movement. Each of the wheels 23 moves with a locus in which a contact point between it and the ground is approximate to a trochoid curve by the gyrating movement.

Inventors:
MAEDA TARO
Application Number:
JP2013149696A
Publication Date:
February 02, 2015
Filing Date:
July 18, 2013
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
UNIV OSAKA
International Classes:
B62D61/10; F16H21/14
Domestic Patent References:
JP2012246961A2012-12-13
JP2013056635A2013-03-28
JPS58112885A1983-07-05
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent business corporation Kaede Patent Attorneys' Office