A multidirectional wheel for traversing a surface is provided that includes a magnet and a plurality of rollers disposed around an outer periphery of each of the hubs of the wheels. The rollers are mounted for rotation in a second axial direction that is perpendicular to a first axial direction of the wheel. The rollers are supported by a plurality of magnetically-inducible brackets attached to the hub. The brackets are optimally sized and shaped to reduce the space between the magnetized materials of the wheel and the surface upon which the wheel travels.
Magnetic omni-wheel with roller bracket
2019-03-26
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
ROLLER BRAKE DEVICE FOR OMNI WHEEL AND OMNI WHEEL INCLUDING THE SAME AND VEHICLE
European Patent Office | 2019
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