5012results about "Endless track vehicles" patented technology

One example provides a chassis for an electric snowmobile including a battery pack. The battery pack includes a battery pack housing defining an enclosure for housing a number of battery modules for powering an electric motor of the electric snowmobile, the battery pack housing having a length extending in a longitudinal direction of the snowmobile, the battery pack housing including a bottom surface. A pair of opposing side panels extends downwardly from and along at least a portion of the length of the battery pack housing, the opposing panels and at least portions of the bottom surface of the battery pack housing together forming a rear structure extending in the longitudinal direction of the electric snowmobile.

Tracked vehicles include a track assembly, a powertrain assembly to power the track assembly, and a steering assembly configured to provide a torque to the track assembly. A steering motor is operably coupled to the powertrain assembly to effectuate a steering of the vehicle. A backup steering assembly is configured to provide backup steering capability to the tracked vehicle. The tracked vehicle also includes a plurality of steering modes, as well as a plurality of suspension components configured to increase rider comfort.

The present disclosure relates to the field of underwater robots, and in particular to a controllable sinking and floating swimming pool robot and a sinking and floating control method for a swimming pool robot. The controllable sinking and floating swimming pool robot of the present disclosure includes a sinking and floating control unit configured to control a swimming pool robot to float and sink; a waterline detection unit configured to detect a positional relationship between the swimming pool robot and a waterline of a liquid surface of a swimming pool where the swimming pool robot is located; and a main control unit configured to control a working state of the sinking and floating control unit to enter a floating working state based on detection results to realize a floating of the swimming pool robot.

The present disclosure provides a cleaning device. The cleaning device includes a cleaning device body, a drive mechanism, a filtering mechanism, a liquid inlet portion, a liquid outlet portion, and a mode switching member. The drive mechanism and the filtering mechanism are disposed on the cleaning device body. The liquid inlet portion includes at least a first water inlet. The first water inlet is provided on the cleaning device body. The liquid outlet portion includes at least a first water outlet. The first water outlet is provided on the cleaning device body. The first water inlet, the filtering mechanism, the drive mechanism, and the first water outlet sequentially communicate to form a first water path. The mode switching member is configured for the cleaning device to be switched between a position on a liquid surface and a position under the liquid surface.

An electric snowmobile has; a frame having a tunnel; a seat connected to the tunnel; at least one ski operatively connected to the frame; a drive track disposed at least in part under the tunnel; at least one drive sprocket drivingly engaging the drive track; an axle extending through the at least one drive sprocket and being coaxial with the at least one drive sprocket; an electric motor connected to the tunnel, an output shaft of the electric motor being coaxial with the axle, the electric motor being disposed to one side of the axle; a reduction gearset operatively connecting the output shaft of the electric motor to the at least one drive sprocket for driving the at least one drive sprocket; and a battery pack connected to the frame and electrically connected to the electric motor.

A suspended undercarriage assembly connectable to a track system including a frame member has a resilient assembly. The resilient assembly includes a first arm connected to the frame member, a second arm pivotally connected to the first arm, a spacing defined between the first and second arms, and a resilient member disposed in the spacing and connected to the first and second arms. The resilient member is resiliently deformable to permit movement of the second arm relative to the first arm, and to resiliently bias the second arm towards a rest position with respect to the first arm. The suspended undercarriage assembly provides suspension to a support wheel assembly relative to the frame member when connected to the second arm.

A snowmobile may have an electric powertrain. The electric powertrain may include one or more electric motors to power movement of one or more endless tracks. The electric powertrain may include a plurality of battery assemblies. At least one of the plurality of battery assemblies may be part of a structural frame of the snowmobile. At least one of the plurality of battery assemblies may be supported by a tunnel of the snowmobile.

The invention discloses an AIoT-based farm weather and soil environment monitoring automatic inspection unmanned vehicle, which integrates an all-terrain adaptive mobile platform, a multi-mode mechanical arm and an intelligent environment sensing module to construct a whole-process unmanned operation system: autonomous obstacle avoidance and path planning of a complex farmland are realized through laser navigation and a three-dimensional environment sensing technology; a switchable execution mechanism is integrated at the tail end of the mechanical arm, accurate loading, unloading and transferring of a fruit basket are completed by utilizing a self-adaptive clamping module, and soil in-situ sampling is realized by combining a soil probe; a multispectral visual system is carried, crop maturity and pest and disease distribution are synchronously analyzed based on a deep learning algorithm, and canopy microclimate data are dynamically acquired in cooperation with a liftable environment monitoring device. The technical bottleneck that traditional agricultural equipment is single in function and poor in collaboration is broken through, intelligent collaboration of efficient turnover of fruit baskets, lossless sampling of soil and multi-dimensional monitoring of the growth environment is achieved, and an all-weather closed-loop solution is provided for precision agriculture.

The invention discloses a rotating wheel nondestructive testing robot and a testing method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of specialized robots and nondestructive testing. The rotating wheel nondestructive testing robot comprises a permanent magnet adsorption walking mechanism, a multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm, a module flaw detection unit, a multi-sensor positioning system and a central controller; the adsorption walking mechanism is used for realizing all-attitude stable crawling on the curved surface of the rotating wheel; the multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm is arranged above the middle part of the permanent magnet adsorption walking mechanism and is used for moving the module flaw detection unit to a specified position; the module flaw detection unit is used for performing high-resolution detection on the damage of the composite material on the rotating wheel; the multi-sensor positioning system is used for real-time pose feedback of the robot; the central controller is used for controlling all the components to work cooperatively. According to the nondestructive detection robot for the runner and the detection method thereof, the problems that in the prior art, detection of internal cracks of turbine runner blades depends on a manual frame erecting mode, the high-altitude operation risk is large, the number of detection blind areas is large, and efficiency is low can be effectively solved.

Disclosed is an adaptive control method and system for train operating condition identification. The method includes acquiring train operating state data under various traction conditions and calculating traction and braking performance data. An adhesion condition characteristic data set is formed, and train adhesion conditions are divided into Nz grades based on this data set, where Nz is a natural number. The current adhesion condition grade Nd is identified using the number of adhesion condition grades and current operating state data, where Nd≤Nz, establishing a mapping relationship between an adhesion coefficient and maximum deceleration for braking under the identified grade. An optimal train protection curve is generated. By clustering and grading adhesion conditions through a clustering algorithm, the method achieves more accurate adhesion condition analysis. Adaptively generating optimal train protection curves based on adhesion condition grades enhances the reliability and safety of train operations.

The invention relates to the technical field of flood drainage machines, and discloses an intelligent flood drainage robot and a water pump assembly thereof, the water pump assembly comprises a water inlet section, one end of the water inlet section is provided with a water inlet, a drainage pump is arranged in the water inlet section, and a first pressure sensor is arranged between the water inlet and the drainage pump; the water outlet section is connected with the drainage section, a second pressure sensor is arranged on the water outlet section, and a water outlet is formed in the end, opposite to the water inlet section, of the water outlet section; and the first controller is electrically connected to the first pressure sensor, the second pressure sensor and the drainage pump. The first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor are arranged on the water inlet side and the water outlet side of the drainage pump correspondingly, the water pressure in front of and behind the drainage pump can be accurately monitored in real time in the series use process of the flood drainage robots, and the drainage pump is accurately adjusted to adapt to the drainage flow of the front-section flood drainage robot; safety of fan blades and a motor of the drainage pump is protected, and the service life of the drainage assembly is guaranteed.

The invention discloses a small crawler wheel wing combined type deformable land-air amphibious reconnaissance robot and a control method thereof. The robot adopts a crawler wheel wing integrated miniaturization design and comprises a control cabin, a left crawler wheel wing system and a right crawler wheel wing system, the crawler wheel wing systems are connected with the control cabin through steering engines, and a flight mode and a ground mode can be stably switched under the driving of the steering engines. In the flight mode, a flight motor of the crawler wheel wing system drives propellers to rotate at a high speed, lift force is provided, and air flight and attitude stability are achieved. In the ground mode, the crawler wheel wing system is adjusted to the ground contact position, the propellers stop working, the ground motor drives the crawler and the driving wheels through the gear set to provide advancing power, the driven wheels assist in supporting, and the stability and obstacle crossing ability in the complex terrain are enhanced. A multi-mode control method based on model predictive control is adopted for the robot, and the multi-mode control method is achieved by establishing control models of a flight mode and a ground mode, constructing a unified state-space equation and a predictive equation, designing a cost function, dynamically switching the control models and coordinating constraint conditions and control targets. And the trajectory tracking precision and the system stability of the robot in the flight mode and the ground mode are ensured.

The invention discloses a bridge pier column detection device, and belongs to the technical field of bridge detection, the bridge pier column detection device comprises a frame provided with a plurality of groups of square tubes, and further comprises an advancing mechanism comprising a first air cylinder arranged on the square tubes, and the square tubes are connected with a crawler driving vehicle through a plurality of groups of rotating shafts; the crawler driving vehicle is provided with a first motor in transmission connection with driving wheels of the crawler driving vehicle, and the side wall of the square pipe is slidably connected with an adjusting block. The output end of the first air cylinder stretches out and draws back to control the adjusting block to move, so that pressure and friction force between the track driving vehicle and the pier column are controlled, it is guaranteed that the track driving vehicle provides stable climbing driving force, and the frame is driven to climb on the outer side wall of the pier column for detection; the area, about to reach, of the surface of the pier column is pre-cleaned through the pulling force of the connecting rod on the arc-shaped roller, the detection precision is improved, automatic climbing detection work of the bridge pier column is achieved, the manual detection cost is effectively reduced, and the detection safety is improved.

The invention discloses a hybrid crawler tractor for hills and mountains and a control method. The hybrid crawler tractor comprises a power system, a transmission system, an energy storage system, a driving system and a control system, the power system comprises an engine, a generator and a clutch; the transmission system comprises a mechanical coupling device, a gearbox, a power output shaft and the like; the energy storage system comprises a photovoltaic power generation panel and an energy storage device; the driving system comprises a driving system input shaft, left and right traction motors, left and right planet rows, driving wheels and the like; the control system comprises a whole vehicle controller, an energy storage device controller, a motor controller, an engine controller, a vehicle information sensor, a clutch control unit, a brake control unit and the like. According to the crawler tractor, a double-engine and motor mixed connection double-power flow structure is adopted, operation and running under various complex working conditions in hills and mountains are met, rich solar resources in the region are fully utilized, the advantages of a traditional crawler tractor and a new energy tractor are considered, and long-time operation in busy farming seasons is guaranteed.

The invention discloses a combined mudflat shellfish catching device and method. The combined mudflat shellfish catching device is mainly composed of a rack, a walking module, a catching module, a leaked sand cleaning module and a conveying module. The walking modules are installed on the two sides of the rack and responsible for walking and steering of the rack. The catching module comprises a roller soil breaker and a rolling shovel picker, and the roller soil breaker passively rotates along with advancing of the device and is used for pre-loosening soil; the rolling shovel picker actively and reversely rotates to shovel shellfish and surface sandy soil; the leaked sand cleaning module is composed of a vibration cleaning sieve, a planar four-bar mechanism and a vibration motor, screening and cleaning actions are driven by the vibration motor, and shellfish and sandy soil are subjected to hydraulic scouring by a cleaning nozzle; the conveying module comprises a hollow transverse conveying belt and an inclined conveying belt, the transverse conveying belt filters damaged or unqualified shellfish, and the inclined conveying belt lifts qualified shellfish to a rear collecting area. According to the device, the functions of soil loosening, picking, screening, cleaning and conveying are achieved through modular design, and the device is suitable for efficient catching operation of mud flat shellfishes.

The invention relates to a crawler-type magnetic adsorption wall-climbing robot, and belongs to the field of wall-climbing robots. The wall-climbing robot comprises a main body bracket, a control module, a driving module, an adsorption module and a mechanical arm module, the main body support is a frame of a hollow structure and comprises a bottom plate, side plates arranged on the two sides of a chassis and a cover plate connected with the tops of the side plates, and a power source is arranged in the main body support. The control module is arranged in the main body bracket and is electrically connected with a power supply, and the control module comprises a wireless communication unit. The robot is simple in structure and high in obstacle crossing capacity, permanent magnet magnetic poles are arranged in a Halbach array, the upper sides and the lower sides of the magnetic poles are in an upper strong magnetic state and a lower weak magnetic state, and the magnetic adsorption force to the wall face is greatly improved.

The present invention relates to an arrangement (A) of a drive wheel (DW) for an endless track (E) of a tracked vehicle (V). The drive wheel (DW) comprises a hub member (H) and a drive sprocket member (S1, S2) attached to the hub member (H). Said drive sprocket member (S1, S2) comprises a ring shaped drive sprocket (10) having a set of teeth (12) arranged around the circumference of said drive sprocket (10). Said drive sprocket (10) is configured to engage with said endless track (E). Said drive sprocket member (S1, S2) further comprises a support member (20) for said drive sprocket (10). Said drive sprocket (10) is divided into at least two arc shaped drive sprocket parts (10A, 10B). Each drive sprocket part (10A, 10B), in a non engaged state of a drive sprocket part with respect to said endless track, is configured to be exchangeable. Said arrangement (A) comprises a guiding configuration (G1, G2) comprising a first guiding member (G1) circumferentially distributed around the support member (20) and a second guiding member (G2) circumferentially distributed around the respective drive sprocket part (10A, 10B) for facilitating reassembling the drive sprocket (10). The present invention also relates to a tracked vehicle.

The invention relates to the field of track assemblies and components thereof, and discloses a benthic track assembly and a seabed operation robot, the benthic track assembly comprises a carrying platform and track assemblies symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the carrying platform, each track assembly comprises a rack, a driving wheel, an inducer, a first driven wheel and a track body, and rotation of the driving wheel is controlled by a driving motor; an overturning driving mechanism capable of driving the inducer to overturn up and down is arranged on the rack, second driven wheels in running fit with the inner ring of the track body are arranged on the two sides of the inducer, the overturning driving mechanism is matched with a visual detection system, and the visual detection system detects whether an obstacle exists or not. A command is sent to a driving motor to drive a turnover driving mechanism to act so as to drive an inducer to turn over, a mechanical claw assembly is arranged on a second driven wheel in a telescopic mode, and when the inducer turns over to the lowest position, the mechanical claw assembly can stretch out to assist the submarine robot to move. And the moving efficiency can be effectively improved.

The invention discloses a universal multifunctional obstacle crossing vehicle body system for a deep-sea mining vehicle. The universal multifunctional obstacle crossing vehicle body system comprises a main vehicle frame, a hydraulic suspension system and an independent driving system. The hydraulic suspension system comprises a main supporting hydraulic push rod, an upper vehicle body and lower vehicle body connecting frame, an L-shaped driving system connecting frame, hydraulic steering push rods on the two sides, a steering wheel, a steering wheel bottom fixing piece, a spherical higher pair connecting shaft, a driving system universal connector and a corresponding hydraulic control loop. The independent driving system comprises a track system, a box body, a pitching hydraulic motor, a driving motor, an auxiliary bearing wheel and an auxiliary tensioning wheel set. Compared with a traditional crawler-type chassis, the universal obstacle crossing chassis provided by the invention has better obstacle crossing ability and flexibility, and can cope with more complex seabed conditions. And meanwhile, the universal chassis can adapt to different types of working environments by replacing different types of independent driving modules, so that the universal chassis has excellent multi-terrain adaptability. By means of the universal vehicle chassis, the passing rate and the working efficiency of various deep-sea mining devices in the complex seabed environment can be well improved.

An ice scratcher assembly, comprises a base having a first portion and a second portion, a coiled structure coupled to the first portion, the coiled structure being interconnected to a scratcher end via an arm, and a hand structure interconnected to the second portion by at least one joint having a first axis, wherein the at least one joint is configured to receive at least one rotating component that when coupled to the at least one joint provides a rotational axis that is colinear with the first axis of the at least one joint.

Provided are a deformable tracked pipeline robot, and a differential turning method thereof. The deformable tracked pipeline robot includes a robot main body. Three tracked foot modules in a circular array are arranged on an outer side surface of the robot main body, each tracked foot module is connected to the robot main body through a center variable-diameter module. A spacing between the tracked foot module and the robot main body can be adjusted through the center variable-diameter module, making all three tracked foot modules in contact with an inner wall of a pipeline. According to a differential turning method based on space curve measurement, the pipeline robot can pass through pipelines with various curvature radii. A pipeline axis is measured by a Charge Coupled Device camera module as a bending curvature of a space curve. The accuracy of space curve fitting is improved by a recursive algorithm.

A modular continuous track system for a utility vehicle is disclosed. The modular continuous track system may include a first crawler unit comprising a first electric motor and a first track mounting system configured to couple the first crawler unit to a first utility platform. The modular continuous track system may include a second crawler unit comprising a second electric motor and a second track mounting system configured to couple the second crawler unit to the first utility platform. The modular continuous track system may include a control system configured to control operation of the first crawler unit and the second crawler unit comprising: a first motor controller electrically coupled to a main controller and the first electric motor, a second motor controller electrically coupled to the main controller and the second electric motor; and the main controller.

The invention relates to the technical field of shooting robots, in particular to a shooting assisting robot which comprises a moving chassis module, a lifting adjusting module, an angle adjusting module, a shooting module, a storage module, a multi-mode interaction module and a cooperative control module. The storage module is arranged on the movement chassis module, the storage module comprises a storage box, a storage control mechanism, a door opening and closing mechanism and a placement box, the storage box is arranged on the movement chassis module, an opening is formed in the storage box, and the storage control mechanism is used for controlling the placement box to be stored in the storage box or stretch out of the opening; the door opening and closing mechanism is used for sealing the opening after the placement box is stored in the storage box; by arranging the storage module and the storage control mechanism, the storage box can be controlled to be stored in the storage box, all the shooting assemblies can be effectively protected and prevented from being damaged by the outside, the core problems that traditional equipment is complex in operation, poor in environmental adaptability, insufficient in safety and the like are solved, and the shooting efficiency and the creation freedom degree are remarkably improved.

The invention discloses a negative pressure adsorption hinged four-track wall-climbing robot, belongs to the technical field of wall-climbing robots, and aims to solve the problems that stable adsorption on complex wall surfaces of different materials and different forms is difficult, the walking efficiency is low, the obstacle crossing ability is low, and the self-adaptive control is difficult in the prior art. The front vehicle body is arranged in the front in the advancing direction, and the front vehicle body comprises a vehicle frame unit, crawling units arranged on the two sides of the vehicle frame unit and a negative pressure adsorption unit; the crawling unit is of a floating crawler type structure, and the negative pressure adsorption unit is of a controllable negative pressure sealing suction cup adsorption type structure. The rear vehicle body has the same structure as the front vehicle body and is arranged behind along the advancing direction; the steering unit is connected between the tail end of the front vehicle body and the front end of the rear vehicle body, and rotation and pitching of the rear vehicle body relative to the front vehicle body are adjusted through the steering unit; the positioning and detecting system is carried on the front vehicle body; and the control unit is carried on the rear vehicle body and is used for controlling the wall-climbing robot to act.

The invention discloses a wide crawler walking device suitable for seabed thin and soft geology, which realizes stable walking of a deep-sea heavy-load mining operation platform on a thin and soft substrate through a high-tooth large-width composite material crawler walking mechanism, and provides a power driving guarantee for later operation of a heavy and heavy collection device. The crawler walking module is used for providing enough traction force for the mining vehicle, so that the mining vehicle can normally run on the complex bottom surface of the seabed. A crawler walking device is located in a chassis, the overall width of a vehicle body is reduced, a main beam of the chassis penetrates through trolley frames on the two sides, chassis secondary beams are welded to outer side panels of the trolley frames, the bearing capacity of the chassis is improved, the trolley frames are of a simple frame structure, and through holes and open grooves are machined in left and right outer side plates of the trolley frames and used for installing driving wheels, guide wheels and bearing wheels. Welding or bolt connection of other wheel train installation type structural parts is omitted, the lightweight design is met, and the structural strength is enhanced.

The invention belongs to ocean engineering, and discloses a seabed multifunctional freely-adjustable crawler belt which comprises a main frame, at least one pair of telescopic oil cylinders, at least one pair of outer supporting legs, at least one pair of inner supporting legs, at least one connecting rod, at least one overturning oil cylinder and at least one overturning oil cylinder connecting weldment. Wherein the main frame is hinged with the telescopic oil cylinder, the outer supporting leg and the inner supporting leg through pin shafts; the connecting rod is provided with at least three reamed holes which are respectively connected with the crawler belt assembly, the outer supporting leg and the inner supporting leg through bolts; the overturning oil cylinder is mounted on the crawler beam through the overturning oil cylinder connecting weldment and is connected with the connecting rod through the bolt; according to the invention, flexible adjustment of the crawler belt in multiple directions is realized. Particularly, due to the synergistic effect of the telescopic oil cylinder and the overturning oil cylinder, the width and height of the crawler belt can be adjusted under different terrain conditions, obstacles can be overcome through the rotating action, meanwhile, the equipment can better adapt to the complex and changeable seabed environment, and the operation efficiency and safety are improved.

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a snowmobile including an engine mounted on the chassis, a drive track in contact with the chassis, and a drive train, operatively interconnecting the engine with the drive track for delivering propulsive power to the drive track. The drive train includes a driveshaft, comprising a tubular driveshaft including two or more interior channels, the channels positioned in a substantially longitudinal orientation, two or more sprocket driving features on an exterior surface of the tubular driveshaft, and one or more fitting components, positioned at one or more distal ends of the driveshaft.

A compact work machine, such as a compact track loader and / or a compact utility loader, which can carry and operate a wide range of attachments while maintaining a reduced operating footprint.

The invention discloses a walking mechanism of a hydraulic anchor withdrawing vehicle for a coal mine and a walking mode of the walking mechanism, and the walking mechanism comprises a chassis, a rack, a driven chain wheel, a driving toothed belt wheel, a toothed belt, a driven toothed belt wheel, a driving rod, a transverse double-outlet-rod hydraulic cylinder and a longitudinal double-outlet-rod hydraulic cylinder, the transverse double-outlet-rod hydraulic cylinder is used for adjusting the length of the hydraulic anchor withdrawing vehicle for the coal mine, and the longitudinal double-outlet-rod hydraulic cylinder is used for adjusting the length of the hydraulic anchor withdrawing vehicle. The longitudinal double-outlet-rod hydraulic cylinder is used for adjusting the width of the hydraulic anchor withdrawing vehicle for the coal mine; the hydraulic motor drives the driving chain wheel and the elliptical wheel to rotate, the rotating chain wheel drives the hydraulic anchor withdrawing vehicle for the coal mine to walk, the elliptical wheel drives the jacking block to move up and down, gravel mingled in gaps of crawler belts of the hydraulic anchor withdrawing vehicle for the coal mine is removed, the dead weight of the crawler belts is prevented from being increased, and energy consumption of the hydraulic anchor withdrawing vehicle for the coal mine is reduced. And the road holding force of the crawler belt of the hydraulic anchor withdrawing vehicle for the coal mine is ensured.

An airbox for an air intake system of an engine includes an air inlet for receiving air into the airbox, an air outlet for discharging air from the airbox, and an airbox body defining first and second expansion chambers fluidly connected to one another. The airbox body has a dividing wall separating the first expansion chamber from the second expansion chamber, the dividing wall defining a wall opening fluidly connecting the first and second expansion chambers. An interchangeable flute is removably connected to the airbox body. The interchangeable flute is at least partly disposed in the second expansion chamber and positioned to guide air flowing into the air inlet into the second expansion chamber. The interchangeable flute is removable such that a replacement flute can be installed in its place to selectively modify a noise output of the airbox. Other aspects are also contemplated.