Patents Assigned to Sweepy International S.A.
  • Patent number: 5771987
    Abstract: Wheeled vehicle which automatically changes travel direction when it meets an obstacle and which includes two independent front driving wheels; two obstacle-detection units located on the front of the vehicle at each side; a transmission mechanism for each driving wheel from a motor shaft through a mechanism for reversing the direction of rotation; and a connection mechanism placed between each obstacle-detection unit and the transmission mechanism for each driving wheel located on the opposite side; the obstacle-detection units and connection mechanisms being arranged in such a manner that, when the vehicle meets an obstacle, the detection unit or units actuated by the obstacle act through the corresponding connection mechanisms so as to actuate the direction-reversing mechanism, and to have the rotation of the driving wheel pass from the forward direction to the rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Sweepy International S.A.
    Inventor: Gerard Marbach
  • Patent number: D408104
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Assignee: Sweepy International S.A.
    Inventor: Pascal Adam