EP 3180236 A4 20180711 - SELF-PROPELLED DEVICE WITH MAGNETIC COUPLING

Title (en)

SELF-PROPELLED DEVICE WITH MAGNETIC COUPLING

Title (de)

SELBSTANGETRIEBENE VORRICHTUNG MIT MAGNETISCHER KUPPLUNG

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF AUTOMOTEUR À COUPLAGE MAGNÉTIQUE

Publication

EP 3180236 A4 20180711 (EN)

Application

EP 15831882 A 20150812

Priority

US 201414459235 A 20140813
US 201514663446 A 20150319
DE 202015002763 U 20150415
US 201562149441 P 20150417
US 201514691349 A 20150420
US 2015030877 W 20150514
CN 201510463007 A 20150731
CN 201510463336 A 20150731
CN 201520569002 U 20150731
CN 201520569257 U 20150731
US 2015044885 W 20150812

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2016025617A1] A self-propelled device includes a spherical housing and an internal drive system including one or more motors. The internal drive system acts to provide power to an interior surface of the spherical housing, thereby causing the self-propelled device to move. A biasing assembly can be included to enable the internal drive system to continuously engage an inner surface of the spherical housing. An external accessory magnetically interacts with interior magnetic components through the spherical housing such that as the self-propelled device rotates and maneuvers, the accessory component maintains a positional relationship to a top portion of the self-propelled device.

IPC 8 full level

B62D 57/00 (2006.01); A63H 30/04 (2006.01); A63H 33/00 (2006.01); B62D 61/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A63H 30/04 (2013.01); A63H 33/005 (2013.01); B60B 19/003 (2013.01); B60B 19/14 (2013.01); B60B 30/02 (2013.01); B60B 30/10 (2013.01); B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B62D 57/00 (2013.01); G05B 19/00 (2013.01); B60B 19/006 (2013.01); B60L 2200/22 (2013.01); B60L 2220/44 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/12 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[I] CN 201220111 Y 20090415 - HONGGANG XIA [CN]
[I] GB 189703727 A 18980115 - HOMEISTER JOACHIM HEINRICH [DE]
[I] JP 2002126373 A 20020508 - TODA IZUMI
[I] GB 2319756 A 19980603 - LEVON LEIF [SE]
[A] EP 0371149 A1 19900606 - POSCH STEFAN JUN
[A] US 2011294397 A1 20111201 - TSAI LIN WEI [TW]
See references of WO 2016025617A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2016025617 A1 20160218; CN 107531296 A 20180102; EP 3180236 A1 20170621; EP 3180236 A4 20180711

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2015044885 W 20150812; CN 201580055348 A 20150812; EP 15831882 A 20150812