US Patent Issued to ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE on June 10 for "Motor-wheel for an omni-directional mechanism and vehicle using the same" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,306, issued on June 10, was assigned to ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Motor-wheel for an omni-directional mechanism and vehicle using the same" was invented by Mohsen Falahi (Sullens, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a motor-wheel for an omni-directional motion vehicle. The motor-wheel generally includes a ring-shaped structure with a central axis, presenting an outer radial surface and an inner radial surface, whereby the outer radial surface includes a plurality of rollers that are rotatable about an inclined axis relative to the central axis, and the inner radial su...