Blumrich's design is nearly able to match the capabilities of this marvelous vehicle -- the major difficulty is that in 1974, humans had not yet found a fuel nor an engine that would provide a sufficient Specific Impulse. Blumrich has patented an “omnidirectional wheel” [4] which he claims was based on the description in the Book of Ezekiel. Josef F. Blumrich (15. maaliskuuta 1913 Tiroli, Itävalta – 10. helmikuuta 2002 Colorado, Yhdysvallat) oli insinööri.Hän tuli tunnetuksi julkaistuaan vuonna 1973 kirjan Da tat sich der Himmel auf, suomeksi nimellä "Kun Taivaat aukenivat", jossa hän esitti profeetta Hesekielin näyn kuvanneen avaruusalusta. The “wheel made up of cylinders” Omnidirectional Wheel he patented is currently sold by a German industrial manufacturer. From 1934 to 1944, Blumrich served as the section chief of the aircraft department at Gothaer Waggonfabrik A.G. in Gotha, Germany, working on design and strength analysis of various aircraft including the Messerschmitt 110. 3. In fact, Blumrich was so convinced that he patented his very own version of an omnidirectional wheel. 7. 3671–3676. Career. The wheel was first patented in 1919 by J. Grabowiecki. Another one of my grandfather’s books that came into my collection. Jennifer said: This book suffers from an audience problem. Again, great job on the renderings. The effect is that the wheel can be driven with full force, but will also slide laterally with great ease. 1. Use these wheels to make your . Blumrich soon realized, through his research, that Ezekiel may have been describing a Spaceship landing on Earth, and not just a heavenly chariot. Omnidirectional wheel Blumrich, J. F. NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI) MFS-21309 NASA Tech Briefs, 1, P. 630 , 19770301 Mar 1, 1977 Device with rotating rim elements provides mobility in any direction for ground vehicle, without requiring change of orientation relative to vehicle. The omnidirectional wheel goes over a 5cm high bump which is greater than the radius of the passive roller. x v yv Time (sec) 40 60 80 100 2. Didi rated it really liked it Mar 07, New York, no date.
1944 - 1945. West, M. and Asada, H., “ Design of ball wheel mechanisms for omnidirectional vehicles with full mobility and invariant kinematics,” J. Mech. Des. 1934 - 1944. a general omnidirectional wheel and several different wheel mechanisms are available depending on roller types and inclination angles (e.g., universal wheel (Blumrich, 1974) with J = 0 o and Mecanum wheel (Ilou, 1975) with J = 45 o) In the omnidirectional wheel, the wheel velocity can be divided into the components in the active direction and in the passive direction. Energy efficiency can be further improved by selecting the differential drive mode by adjusting the wheel arrangement of OMR-SOW. The Spaceships of Ezekiel describes his process for the “discovery” and recreation of the Omni wheel as well as a traveling craft and its docking station.