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Low profile omnidirectional vehicle

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A track assembly and vehicle for omnidirectional travel. The track assembly includes a driving arrangement and two or more closed loop linking members connected to the driving arrangement. The track assembly also includes freely rotatable rollers for contacting a surface, the rollers supported on the closed loop linking members. The rollers travel a roller path defined by the motion of the closed loop linking members. An omnidirectional vehicle includes two or more track assemblies.

Inventors: 
Ullman, Stuart G.
Patent Number: 
Technical domain: 
Handling and Transportation
FIle Date: 
2009-01-09
Grant Date: 
2013-09-24
Grant time: 
1,719 days
Grant time percentile rank: 
31
Claim count percentile rank: 
4
Citations percentile rank: 
2
'Cited by' percentile rank: 
1
Assignee: 
US NAVY