US Patent Issued to Eric Jon Voth on July 28 for "Apparatus and method for braking mecanum wheels" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,914, issued on July 28, was assigned to Eric Jon Voth (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Apparatus and method for braking mecanum wheels" was invented by Jason Andrew Voth (Maplewood, Minn.), Joshua David Petry (Arden Hill, Minn.), Noah Bradley Praske (St. Paul, Minn.), Emma Ruth Praske (St. Paul, Minn.), Seth Thomas Dodds (Lake Elmo, Minn.), Roman Martin Lefler (Stillwater, Minn.) and Eric Jon Voth (Maplewood, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method and apparatus for braking mecanum or omnidirectional wheels, by applying force to the rollers of a mecanum or omnidirectional wheel to prevent them from rolling wh...