A support assembly for a vehicle travels along a road surface and rotates relative to the road surface and the vehicle. The first support assembly includes a spherical tread layer for contacting the road surface, a foam layer adjacent the spherical tread layer, the foam layer including adjustable elements for altering an outer physical contour of the spherical tread layer, the outer physical contour contacting the road surface, a spherical wheel/tire for supporting the spherical tread layer and the vehicle, and a drive system magnetically driving rotation of the spherical wheel/tire relative to the vehicle such that no portion of the spherical tread layer physically contacts the vehicle.
Spherical wheel/tire assembly
2019-06-04
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / B60C VEHICLE TYRES , Fahrzeugreifen / C08C TREATMENT OR CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF RUBBERS , Behandlung oder chemische Modifizierung von Kautschuken / C08G MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS , Makromolekulare Verbindungen, anders erhalten als durch Reaktionen, an denen nur ungesättigte Kohlenstoff-Kohlenstoff-Bindungen beteiligt sind |