ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,762, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Robot wheel driving apparatus" was invented by Jangwon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Myungkeun Yoo (Seoul, South Korea) and Changhum Jo (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot wheel driving apparatus includes a wheel to which a tire is coupled and configured to drive a robot, a wheel cover covering and coupled to both sides of the wheel, a motor housing inserted into the wheel, and a motor embedded in the motor housing and configured to provide a rotating force to the wheel. The wheel cover includes a wheel cover hole configured to all...