Patents by Inventor Muneyuki OSAWA

Muneyuki OSAWA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240383550
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is, in a traveling device including omnidirectional wheels with suspension, to always maintain the posture of the traveling device main body in a constant state without tilting the main body with respect to a travel floor surface. The traveling device includes a placing part where a cargo is placed, and an omnidirectional wheel provided on the placing part via a suspension to be vertically movable relative to the placing part. The suspension, in an unloaded state in which no cargo is placed, presses the omnidirectional wheel against a travel floor surface, and the suspension includes a stopper that limits a relative distance between the placing part and the omnidirectional wheel so that the relative distance does not become smaller than a distance between the placing part and the omnidirectional wheel in the unloaded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventor: Muneyuki OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20240383549
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is, in a traveling device including omnidirectional wheels with suspension, to always maintain the posture of the traveling device main body in a constant state without tilting the main body with respect to a travel floor surface. The traveling device includes a placing part where a cargo is placed, and an omnidirectional wheel provided on the traveling device via a suspension to be vertically movable relative to the traveling device. The traveling device further includes three or more swivel casters fixed to a lower section thereof so as to define a plane, and when the traveling device is on a flat floor surface, the swivel casters are always in contact with the floor surface, and frictional force of the omnidirectional wheel against the floor surface is greater than or equal to force required for traveling drive by the omnidirectional wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventor: Muneyuki OSAWA