Patent ID: 11945545
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. Drive disks arranged on either side of an annular main wheel and configured to rotate the main wheel around a central axis and an annular axis by applying a frictional force to the main wheel, each of the drive disks comprising:
a disk-shaped base rotatably supported by a frame; and
a plurality of rollers rotatably supported by an outer circumferential part of the base, inclined to each other, and coming into contact with the main wheel,
wherein the base includes a first sheet metal member and a second sheet metal member,
the first sheet metal member includes a first central part and a plurality of first arm parts extending radially outward from the first central part,
the second sheet metal member includes a second central part and a plurality of second arm parts extending radially outward from the second central part,
the first central part and the second central part are arranged coaxially with each other,
each of the rollers has a first end and a second end in an axial direction thereof,
each of the first arm parts and each of the second arm parts support the first end of one of two rollers adjacent to each other and the second end of the other of the two rollers adjacent to each other.