US 11,919,583 B2
Omniwheel track system and platform using the same
Raphael Roy, Saint-Denis de Brompton (CA); Benjamin Boiteau, Sherbrooke (CA); Vincent Roussel, Saint-Hyppolyte (CA); and Vincent Labbé, Sherbrooke (CA)
Assigned to GESTION INOGEC INC.
Appl. No. 17/309,106
Filed by GESTION INOGEC INC., Sherbrooke (CA)
PCT Filed Oct. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CA2019/051513
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/082185, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/858,037, filed on Jun. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/750,581, filed on Oct. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0009567 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 55/02 (2006.01); B62D 55/10 (2006.01); B62D 55/18 (2006.01); B62D 55/32 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 55/02 (2013.01) [B62D 55/10 (2013.01); B62D 55/18 (2013.01); B62D 55/32 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An omniwheel track system (1) comprising:
a frame (100) comprising at least one supporting plate (105);
an endless drive mechanism (200) mounted to said frame (100); and
a plurality of segment assemblies (300) mounted to said frame (100) and drivable by said endless drive mechanism (200), said plurality of segment assemblies (300) forming an endless track (2) rotatable about said frame (100), each said segment assembly (300) comprising a housing (306) adapted to receive at least one load wheel (301), each said load wheel (301) mounted to a corresponding said segment assembly (300) and rotatable about an axis (305), each said axis (305) forming an angle with a side of said housing (306), wherein each said segment assembly (300) comprises at least one of a rotatably-mounted horizontal idling wheel (304) configured to roll on a side of said endless drive mechanism (200) and a rotatably-mounted vertical idling wheel (303) configured to roll on a side of said frame (100).