ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,334, issued on April 29, was assigned to SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & Co. KG (Bruchsal, Germany).
"Mobile transport system" was invented by Josef Schmidt (Philippsburg-Huttenheim, Germany) and Andreas Tuskan (Walzbachtal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile transport system includes a vehicle frame, first and second pairs of support wheels, first and second drive wheels, and a swing frame. A drive unit including a drive frame is disposed on the swing frame. The first drive wheel is rotatably supported on a first swing arm, and the second drive wheel is rotatably supported on a second swing arm. The first and second swing arms are ...