US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Nov. 18 for "Omni-direction wheel system and methods for controlling the omni-direction wheel system" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,768, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Omni-direction wheel system and methods for controlling the omni-direction wheel system" was invented by Ricky Jukuei Hsu (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to an omni-direction wheel system and methods for controlling the omni-direction wheel system. The omni-direction wheel system includes a plurality of suspension systems that operate independently of one another. Each suspension system may include an electromagnetic steering hub configured to rotate a wheel 360 degrees about a vertical axis base...