US 12,473,014 B2
Floor-bound vehicle
Christoph Eusterwiemann, Oldenburg (DE)
Assigned to Broetje-Automation GmbH, Rastede (DE)
Appl. No. 17/765,308
Filed by Broetje-Automation GmbH, Rastede (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/075694
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/063666, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 126 390.5 (DE), filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0363309 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 5/0418 (2013.01) [B62D 7/04 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A floor-bound vehicle for a movable production plant with a processing unit for processing a workpiece, with at least two drive units,
wherein the drive units each comprise at least one drive wheel, a travel drive for driving the at least one drive wheel, a wheel carrier on which the at least one drive wheel is arranged, and a steering drive for adjusting the wheel carrier with the drive wheel about a geometric steering axis and thus steering the drive wheel,
wherein for steering, the respective wheel carrier is configured to be adjusted relative to the respective travel drive by the respective steering drive,
wherein the respective wheel carrier has a pivot device via which the drive wheel is configured to be pivoted about a geometric pivot axis in order to compensate for unevenness in the ground and wherein during pivoting of the drive wheel about the geometric pivot axis, the travel drive is co-pivoted.