US 12,420,585 B2
High temperature wheels for inspection robots
Edward A. Bryner, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Dillon R. Jourde, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Michael A. Binger, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Michael Stephen Auda, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and Kevin Y. Low, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to Gecko Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by Gecko Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on May 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/740,561.
Application 17/740,561 is a continuation of application No. 17/716,249, filed on Apr. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,865,698.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/255,880, filed on Oct. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/177,141, filed on Apr. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0331981 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B60B 19/12 (2006.01); B60B 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60B 19/12 (2013.01) [B60B 19/006 (2013.01); B60B 2360/102 (2013.01); B60B 2360/104 (2013.01); B60B 2360/109 (2013.01); B60B 2900/931 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel for a drive module of an inspection robot, comprising:
a plurality of wheel enclosures;
a plurality of inter-covers each axially interposed between at least one of the plurality of wheel enclosures and a magnetic hub; and
the magnetic hub including a high temperature magnet, the magnetic hub being interposed between a first wheel enclosure of the plurality of wheel enclosures and a second wheel enclosure of the plurality of wheel enclosures,
wherein the plurality of inter-covers is structured to guide a magnetic field of the magnetic hub.