US Patent Issued to Nabtesco on May 12 for "Mecanum wheel" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,486, issued on May 12, was assigned to Nabtesco Corp. (Tokyo).

"Mecanum wheel" was invented by Kazuyoshi Suzuki (Tokyo), Takuya Shinkai (Tokyo), Kenya Tomiyasu (Tokyo), See Wah Ma (Tokyo) and Ikuto Gonja (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel of the present disclosure includes a barrel holder, barrel support shafts, barrels, and bearings. The barrel holder is rotationally driven. The barrel support shafts arranged on the circumference of the barrel holder at an angle to a rotation axis of the barrel holder. The barrels are barrel-shaped rotating bodies. The barrels are rotatably supported on the corresponding barrel support sha...