Patent ID: 9126121
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A63G

Abstract:
1. A motion simulator comprising a base unit with a moving platform with with the said exterior shell resting on the wheels of the two drive-wheel assemblies and the freely rotating ball or balls; with the wheels of the two drive-wheel assemblies frictionally rotating the moving platform; with the said drive-wheel assemblies positioned so there is a right angle between lines from the center of the sphere of the exterior shell to the centers of the contact points of the two drive-wheel assemblies with said sphere; with a retainer plate fitting between the exterior and interior shells of the moving platform, which retainer plate is rigidly supported by a mount rigidly fastened to the baseplate of the base unit, the mount passing through a hole in the exterior shell, said hole being large enough to allow useful pitch and roll motion of the moving platform; with the said electronics module in the base unit wirelessly connected to control units in the moving platform, said wireless connection capable of transferring information in both directions; with said control units in the moving platform including a computer tablet or smart phone; with said electronics module in the base unit receiving rotation descriptions from control units in the moving platform, and using these descriptions to control drive wheel motions to cause the moving platform to move correspondingly.