Giant six-legged polar research vehicle with tracked feet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10913502-B2
Application number	US-201916447969-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 21, 2019
Priority date	Jan 7, 2019
Publication date	Feb 9, 2021
Grant date	Feb 9, 2021

Abstract

A giant six-legged polar research vehicle with tracked feet, including a platform, six legs arranged at six ends of the platform and six tracked feet arranged below the six legs. A monitoring device is arranged on a top cover. Six power compartments each having a steering device are arranged at six ends of a chassis in the platform. Each leg includes a main traveling device with an upper end and a lower end respectively connected to the steering device and a tracked foot, an auxiliary traveling device with an upper end and a lower end respectively connected to the chassis and the main traveling device, and a connecting device arranged on the main traveling device. The tracked foot includes a main flipping mechanism, an auxiliary flipping mechanism, a tracked foot slewing device, a crawler, a sliding plate and a suspension.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A six-legged polar research vehicle with tracked feet, comprising:
a platform,
six legs separately arranged at six ends of the platform, and
six tracked feet arranged below the six legs;
wherein the platform comprises a top cover, a chassis, a photovoltaic power generator, a monitoring device, a wind generator set, six power compartments and six steering devices; the monitoring device and the wind generator set are arranged on the top cover; the photovoltaic power generator is arranged on an outer side of the top cover; the top cover is fixed on the chassis; the six power compartments are separately arranged at six ends of the chassis; each power compartment is provided with a steering device therein; movable baffles are arranged on outer sides of the power compartments; each of the six legs comprises a main traveling device, an auxiliary traveling device and a connecting device; an upper end of the main traveling device is connected to the steering device of the platform, and a lower end of the main traveling device is connected to an tracked foot; an upper end of the auxiliary traveling device is connected to the chassis, and a lower end of the auxiliary traveling device is connected to the main traveling device; the connecting device is arranged on the main traveling device; each of the six tracked feet comprises a main flipping mechanism, an auxiliary flipping mechanism, a tracked foot slewing device, a crawler, a sliding plate and a suspension; the main flipping mechanism is arranged at a front side of the lower end of the main traveling device; the auxiliary flipping mechanism is arranged at a rear side of the lower end of the main traveling device; the tracked foot slewing device is arranged above a middle of the crawler; the sliding plate is arranged under the crawler; a middle of the sliding plate is connected to the crawler; the suspension is arranged on an upper portion of the sliding plate; and an upper end of the suspension is connected to the crawler.

2. The six-legged polar research vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the main traveling device comprises an upper leg, a middle leg, a damping device, a lower leg, a wind power generator compartment, wind power generator, two upper leg hydraulic pushrods and a middle leg hydraulic pushrod; an upper end of the upper leg is connected to the steering device; a lower end of the upper leg is connected to a middle portion of the middle leg; one end of the damping device is connected to a lower end of the middle leg; and the other end of the damping device is connected to an upper end of the lower leg;
a lower end of the lower leg is connected to the tracked foot slewing device; a middle portion of the lower leg is provided with the wind power generator compartment; the wind power generator is arranged in the wind power generator compartment; the two upper leg hydraulic pushrods are uniformly arranged at opposite sides of the upper leg; one end of each upper leg hydraulic pushrod is connected to the steering device, and the other end of each upper leg hydraulic pushrod is connected to a middle portion of the upper leg; one end of the middle leg hydraulic pushrod is connected to the middle portion of the upper leg, and the other end of the middle leg hydraulic pushrod is connected to an upper end of the middle leg.

3. The six-legged polar research vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary traveling device comprises two extensible auxiliary rods and auxiliary rod bases uniformly arranged on opposite sides of the main traveling device;
a bottom of each auxiliary rod base is fixed between two adjacent power compartments; each auxiliary rod base is connected to one end of each extensible auxiliary rod, and the other end of each extensible auxiliary rod is connected to a top of the wind power generator compartment.

4. The six-legged polar research vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the connecting device comprises a extensible tapered connecting rod and a extensible bar-type connecting rod; an upper end of the retractable tapered connecting rod and an upper end of the extensible bar-type connecting rod are connected to the wind power generator compartment, respectively.

5. The six-legged polar research vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the main flipping mechanism comprises two main connecting levers in parallel with each other, two main rocker in parallel with each other and a flipping hydraulic pushrod; one end of the main connecting lever is connected to the lower end of the lower leg, and the other end of the main connecting lever is connected to an upper end of the main rocker; a lower end of the main rocker is connected to the tracked foot slewing device; one end of the flipping hydraulic pushrod is connected to the upper end of the main rocker, and the other end of the flipping hydraulic pushrod is connected to the middle of the lower leg.

6. The six-legged polar research vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary flipping mechanism comprises two auxiliary connecting rods in parallel with each other and two auxiliary rockers in parallel with each other; one end of each auxiliary connecting rod is connected to the lower end of the lower leg, and the other end of each auxiliary connecting rod is connected to an upper end of each auxiliary rocker; and a lower end of each auxiliary rocker is connected to the tracked foot slewing device.

Assignees

• Univ Taiyuan Science & Tech
• Univ Taiyuan Technology
• Polar Res Institute Of China

Inventors

• Zhao Fuqiang
• Du Pengyang
• Huang Qingxue
• Chang Baoyu
• Dou Yinke
• Sun Bo
• Wang Tie
• Guo Jingxue

Classifications

• B62D55/065

  Multi-track vehicles, i.e. more than two tracks {(soil-shifting machines E02F; mining machines E21C)} · CPC title

• Y02E10/72

  Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction · CPC title

• B60G2300/32

  Track vehicles · CPC title

• H02S10/12

  Hybrid wind-PV energy systems · CPC title

• Y02E10/728

  Onshore wind turbines · CPC title