US 12,275,307 B2
Mobile transport system
Josef Schmidt, Philippsburg-Huttenheim (DE); Andreas Tuskan, Walzbachtal (DE); Jan-Patrick Ködderitzsch, Durmersheim (DE); and Gero Bockelmann, Bruchsal (DE)
Assigned to SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG, Bruchsal (DE)
Appl. No. 17/910,619
Filed by SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG, Bruchsal (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/025058
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/180361, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020001492.5 (DE), filed on Mar. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0150350 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60G 3/14 (2006.01); B60L 53/12 (2019.01); B62D 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 7/0007 (2013.01) [B60G 3/14 (2013.01); B60L 53/12 (2019.02); B62D 11/003 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0046 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile transport system for transporting objects, comprising
a vehicle frame;
a swing frame pivotable about a swing axis relative to the vehicle frame;
a drive unit arranged on the swing frame and including a drive frame, the drive frame being pivotable about a steering axis relative to the swing frame;
a pair of first support wheels arranged on the vehicle frame;
a pair of second support wheels arranged on the swing frame;
a first drive wheel rotatable about a first drive axis extending in a transverse direction and rotatably supported on a first swing arm pivotable about a first swing axis relative to the drive frame; and
a second drive wheel rotatable about a second drive axis extending in the transverse direction and rotatably supported on a second swing arm pivotable about a second swing axis relative to the drive frame;
wherein the steering axis extends in a vertical direction extending perpendicular to the transverse direction.