Patents by Inventor Pavel Zdrahal

Pavel Zdrahal 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: 20180043951
    Abstract: Mecanum wheeled vehicle for transporting a payload, having multiple, mecanum wheel drives (2), in each case including at least one mecanum wheel and at least one electromotive, drive, having control means (13) configured for controlling the mecanum wheel drives (2) for an omnidirectional operation, having a chassis (6), the weight force of which can be supported on a base (U) via the mecanum wheels (3) as well as via support means (6) of the vehicle provided additionally to the mecanum wheels (3), wherein the mecanum wheels (3), together with the assigned drives, are mounted resiliently relative to the chassis using force storage means (4) for limiting the weight force proportion of the chassis (5) to be supported via the mecanum wheels (3) on the base (U) and a possible payload (10) to be carried by the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Baudouin Uebelhart, Pavel Zdrahal
  • Publication number: 20170341465
    Abstract: A mecanum-wheeled vehicle (1), in particular for transporting a load, comprising a chassis (5) extending along a longitudinal axis (L) and a width axis (B) oriented perpendicular to the same, said chassis comprising at least four mecanum wheel drives (2; 2a to 2d) which can be controlled via control means (13) for carrying out an omnidirectional operation of the mecanum-wheeled vehicle (1), wherein the chassis (5) has a first chassis section (21a) with at least two (2a, 2b) of the mecanum wheel drives (2; 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) and a second chassis section (21b) with at least two (2c, 2d) of the mecanum wheel drives (2; 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Pavel Zdrahal, Baudouin Uebelhart
  • Patent number: 9216612
    Abstract: A Mecanum wheel having a first wheel rim (2) which bears a multiplicity of rollers (4) which are arranged adjacent to one another in a circumferential direction and which are in each case mounted so as to be rotatable about a roller axis of rotation (38) arranged at an angle with respect to a first wheel rim axis of rotation (24), wherein said Mecanum wheel is characterized by a second wheel rim (3) which can be driven together with the first wheel rim (2) by means of a common drive shaft (33) and which bears a multiplicity of rollers (4) which are arranged adjacent to one another in a circumferential direction and which are in each case mounted so as to be rotatable about a roller axis of rotation (38) arranged at an angle with respect to a second wheel rim axis of rotation (25), which second wheel rim is connected to the first wheel rim (2) via damping means (7) formed so as to permit a limited relative movement of the first and the second rim (3) relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Omniroll AG
    Inventors: Pavel Zdrahal, Baudouin Uebelhart, Zdenek Spindler
  • Publication number: 20140232174
    Abstract: A Mecanum wheel having a first wheel rim (2) which bears a multiplicity of rollers (4) which are arranged adjacent to one another in a circumferential direction and which are in each case mounted so as to be rotatable about a roller axis of rotation (38) arranged at an angle with respect to a first wheel rim axis of rotation (24), wherein said Mecanum wheel is characterized by a second wheel rim (3) which can be driven together with the first wheel rim (2) by means of a common drive shaft (33) and which bears a multiplicity of rollers (4) which are arranged adjacent to one another in a circumferential direction and which are in each case mounted so as to be rotatable about a roller axis of rotation (38) arranged at an angle with respect to a second wheel rim axis of rotation (25), which second wheel rim is connected to the first wheel rim (2) via damping means (7) formed so as to permit a limited relative movement of the first and the second rim (3) relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Pavel Zdrahal, Baudouin Uebelhart, Zdenek Spindler
  • Patent number: 4136570
    Abstract: The disclosure embraces a transmission gear for the wire guide of a coil winding machine and includes a rotary input shaft, a pair of electro-magnetic clutches, with each of the clutches having a toothed rack; each of the racks is connected to a rectilinearly movable carriage whereby when one or the other of said electro-magnetic clutches is actuated, the carriage will be moved by the associated toothed rack in a selected direction; limit switches are provided to reverse the direction of travel of the carriage by deactivating a given electro-magnetic clutch and activating the other of said clutches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1979
    Assignee: Meteor AG
    Inventor: Pavel Zdrahal