An omni-directional wheel, which can support rollers in a simple structure, and an omni-directional vehicle which uses the omni-directional wheel are provided. The omni-directional wheel includes a first support part (20) and a second support part (21) which allow large-diameter rollers (30, 31) and small-diameter rollers (40, 41) to be mounted rotatably around axes (X1, X2), the first support part (20) is disposed at a position where the first support part is held between the pair of the large-diameter rollers (30, 31) having their large diameter-side end faces facing each other, and supports the large-diameter rollers (30, 31), the second support part (21) is disposed at a position where the second support part is held between the pair of the small-diameter rollers (40, 41) having their large diameter-side end faces facing each other, and supports the small-diameter rollers (40, 41), the first support part (20) and the second support part (21) are alternately disposed in the circumferential direction of a plate-like member (11), and the large-diameter rollers (30) and (31) and the small-diameter rollers (40) and (41) are disposed such that their outlines are arranged on a single circumference, with a part of the small diameter-side end face of the small-diameter rollers (40, 41) partially inserted in the recessed portions (30c, 31c) of the large-diameter rollers (30, 31).


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    Title :

    Omni-directional wheel and omni-directional vehicle including the same


    Contributors:
    JUNPEI NAITO (author) / KAZUO BANDO (author)

    Publication date :

    2015-04-29


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60B VEHICLE WHEELS , Räder für Fahrzeuge



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