US Patent Issued to LANTERIS SPACE on Aug. 25 for "Continuous rotation rover suspension with constant vertical steering axis" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,617, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to LANTERIS SPACE LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Continuous rotation rover suspension with constant vertical steering axis" was invented by Sean Dougherty (Arvada, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rover includes a suspension configured to traverse uneven and unpredictable terrain, such as for example on an astronomical body. Each wheel is independently suspended off of the rover chassis with a linkage assembly comprising a pair of canted links which are able to continuously rotate relative to each other without collision or interference. The links allow the rover to independently adjust the heigh...