Chain-mail traction system for lunar and planetary mobility systems
- Detailed Technology Description
- A non-pneumatic wheel that can comply to off-road surfaces such as rocks and boulders is provided. The novel wheel (the “iRing” wheel) is comprised of a hub, a flexible fabric tire and a particulate filling. The hub can be rigid or flexible. The fabric tire can be any material ranging from a cotton or polyester woven fabric to a metal chainmail fabric. The particulate filling can be any regularly shaped or irregularly shaped material that such as spheres, oblong objects, pebbles, stones, ceramic, etc. that is either manufactured or found naturally in the local environment.
- *Abstract
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- Country/Region
- USA
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