US 12,420,586 B2
High temperature compliant wheels for an inspection robot
Dillon R. Jourde, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Michael A. Binger, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and Michael Stephen Auda, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to Gecko Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by Gecko Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on May 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/741,519.
Application 17/741,519 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 2022/0331985 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)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel for a drive module of an inspection robot, comprising:
a first non-ferrous wheel enclosure comprising a first outer surface having a first serration texture;
a second non-ferrous wheel enclosure comprising a second outer surface having a second serration texture;
a magnetic hub interposed between the first non-ferrous wheel enclosure and the second non-ferrous wheel enclosure;
a first inter-cover interposed between the first non-ferrous wheel enclosure and the magnetic hub, wherein the first inter-cover is structured to guide a magnetic flux of the magnetic hub; and
a diffusion barrier axially interposed between the first inter-cover and the magnetic hub.