Invention Publication
- Patent Title: PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS HAVING MOTORIZED WHEELS
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Application No.: US18177837Application Date: 2023-03-03
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Publication No.: US20230277397A1Publication Date: 2023-09-07
- Inventor: Gavin M. Monson , Nolan D. Wanner , Jeffrey S. Jelinek , Jonathan D. Turner , Jonathan K. Moenter , David C. Newkirk , John D. Christie , Matthew R. Knue , Nishita Vanita Shashikant , Jack B. Sing
- Applicant: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Batesville
- Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Batesville
- Main IPC: A61G7/08
- IPC: A61G7/08 ; A61G7/05

Abstract:
A dual-wheel steerable motorized caster has internal motors that are operated at different speeds to swivel a pair of wheels about a caster swivel axis. The motors are operated at the same speed to propel an apparatus to which the dual-wheel steerable motorized caster is coupled along an underlying surface such as a floor in a drive direction without swiveling the pair of wheels about the caster swivel axis. A patient support apparatus has one or more of such dual-wheel steerable motorized casters.
Public/Granted literature
- US2213401A Lift mechanism for tractors Public/Granted day:1940-09-03
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