US 11,945,545 B2
Drive disks
Wataru Yada, Saitama (JP); Ritsuya Oshima, Saitama (JP); and Hiroshi Gomi, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/333,164.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-098234 (JP), filed on Jun. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0380199 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. B62M 13/00 (2010.01); B62K 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62M 13/00 (2013.01) [B62K 1/00 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Drive disks arranged on either side of an annular main wheel and configured to rotate the main wheel around a central axis and an annular axis by applying a frictional force to the main wheel, each of the drive disks comprising:
a disk-shaped base rotatably supported by a frame; and
a plurality of rollers rotatably supported by an outer circumferential part of the base, inclined to each other, and coming into contact with the main wheel,
wherein the base includes a first sheet metal member and a second sheet metal member,
the first sheet metal member includes a first central part and a plurality of first arm parts extending radially outward from the first central part,
the second sheet metal member includes a second central part and a plurality of second arm parts extending radially outward from the second central part,
the first central part and the second central part are arranged coaxially with each other,
each of the rollers has a first end and a second end in an axial direction thereof,
each of the first arm parts and each of the second arm parts support the first end of one of two rollers adjacent to each other and the second end of the other of the two rollers adjacent to each other.