Project Requirements:
The client on this project tasked our design team with designing this experimental wheelchair with specific requirements for testing.
The main drive wheel system was design to transition from front wheel drive to mid-wheel, to rear wheel drive. These different drive positions have specific benefit to the rider.
When the drive wheel moved to front wheel drive, the front wheels and suspension system is retracted off the ground. The same type of mechanism is used to lift the rear wheels and suspension off the ground when the drive wheel moved into rear drive position.
Multiple patents were filed and awarded for several of the mechanisms used on this design.
This project was designed using Autodesk Inventor.
