Patents by Inventor Megan Imwalle

Megan Imwalle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Vehicle with articulated wheel
    Patent number: 11571926
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame including a front frame part and a rear frame part. An elongated single wheel is rotatably connected to one of the front frame part and the rear frame part. The elongated wheel houses an expansion device including a linkage mechanism adapted to reconfigure a shape of the elongated wheel between a cylindrical shape in top view of the vehicle when the vehicle is traveling in a straight direction and a frustoconical shape in top view of the vehicle in a turning condition of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Timothy A. Abke, Skylar Sible, Megan Imwalle
  • VEHICLE WITH ARTICULATED WHEEL
    Publication number: 20200156407
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame including a front frame part and a rear frame part. An elongated single wheel is rotatably connected to one of the front frame part and the rear frame part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Timothy A. Abke, Skylar Sible, Megan Imwalle