WHEELCHAIR ACTUATOR Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61G5/04 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: technical decision consist in the fact that a single actuator for both wheelchair wheels is a DC motor an outlet axle of which is kinematically connected with wheelchair wheel axles by a cylindrical splined pulley going at an angle of 45° into an external splined engagement with mutually directed conical drums of the respective wheelchair wheel axles with each drum having the splines only 1/3 of its full length, while the cylindrical splined pulley is freely axially controlled movable along the generating lines of the conical drums along the full length of the drums.

EFFECT: simplified and facilitated wheelchair actuator.

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