Controllable surface system

• US 20080202888A1
• Filed: 02/28/2007
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ka-Ming Lai
• Original Assignee: Ka-Ming Lai
• Inventors: Lai, Ka-Ming
• Application Number:
  US11/711,991
• Publication Number:
  US 20080202888A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 193/35R
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 7/0884 by increasing the friction between the load and the surface
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 13/12 adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 67/20 Loading covered vehicles

Abstract

A controllable surface system comprises a platform providing a system surface and a controlling device for controlling the platform and adjusting the surface friction between slippery and non-slippery.

Claims

1. A controllable surface system, comprising:

a platform providing a system surface; and

a controlling device for controlling the platform and adjusting the system surface between slippery and non-slippery.

2. The surface system of claim 1, wherein the controlling device is one of a hydraulic system and a mechanical system.

15. The surface system of claim 1, wherein the platform comprises;

a number of rolling elements, each element has a covering arranged to provide at least two different degrees of friction, wherein the controlling device is for controlling rotation of each element to change the system surface from one friction to another.

16. The surface system of claim 1, wherein the system surface has a surface friction that is adjustable in accordance with external influences applying to the platform.

17. The surface system of claim 1, wherein the system surface has a surface friction that is adjustable in accordance with application of at least one of heat, electrical current, electromagnetic field and other types of energies.

3. A controllable surface system, comprising:

a platform providing a system surface, wherein the platform comprises a first layer with a number of rolling devices, wherein each rolling device having a covering to provide the system surface; and

a controlling device for controlling rotation of the rolling devices to adjust the system surface between slippery and non-slippery.

4. The surface system of claim 3, wherein the platform further comprises a second layer, wherein the controlling device is for controlling the second layer to contact with the rolling devices to prevent at least one of the rolling devices from turning around, thereby adjusting the system surface between slippery and non-slippery.

5. The surface system of claim 3, wherein the controlling device is one of a hydraulic system and a mechanical system.

6. A controllable surface system, comprising:

a platform providing a system surface, wherein the platform comprises;

a first layer having a number of first opening areas;

a second layer having a number of second opening areas;

a number of rolling devices positioned between the first opening areas of the first layer and the second opening areas of the second layer, each rolling device capable of turning around and having a covering with a first friction, wherein at least a part of one of the rolling devices exposes from the first layer to provide the system surface; and

a controlling device for controlling rotation of at least one of the rolling devices, thereby adjusting the system surface between slippery and non-slippery.

7. The surface system of claim 6, wherein the platform further comprises a third layer, wherein the controlling device for controlling the third layer to contact with at least one of the rolling devices to prevent the at least one of the rolling devices from turning around, thereby adjusting the system surface between slippery and non-slippery.

8. The surface system of claim 6, wherein the platform further comprises a third layer and a number of support beams coupled to the first, the second and the third layers, wherein the controlling device is for controlling the third layer moving along the support beams to contact with at least one of the rolling devices to prevent the at least one of the rolling devices from turning around, thereby adjusting the system surface between slippery and non-slippery.

9. The surface system of claim 6, wherein the platform further comprises a third layer which has a number of sections, each section being controlled independently by the controlling device to contact with at least one of the rolling devices to prevent the at least one of the rolling devices from turning around, thereby adjusting the system surface between slippery and non-slippery.

10. The surface system of claim 6, wherein the controlling device is one of a hydraulic system and a mechanical system.

11. A controllable surface system, comprising:

a platform providing a system surface with a surface friction, wherein the platform comprises;

a first layer with a first friction having a number of opening areas;

a second layer having a number of devices in positions corresponding to locations of the opening areas of the first layer, wherein each device has a surface with a second friction; and

a controlling device capable of controlling the second layer so that at least one of the devices is exposed from the open areas of the first layer, thereby adjusting the surface friction of the system surface.

12. The surface system of claim 11, wherein the platform further comprises a number of support beams coupled to the first and the second layers.

13. The surface system of claim 11, wherein the controlling device is one of a hydraulic system and a mechanical system.

14. The surface system of claim 11, wherein the second layer has a number of sections, each section is controlled by the controlling device to expose at least one of the devices from the open areas of the first layer.

18. A controllable surface system, comprising:

a platform providing a system surface with a surface friction, wherein the surface friction is adjusted in accordance with application of external influences; and

a controlling device for controlling an amount of the external influences that applies to the platform.

19. The surface system of claim 18, wherein external influences include at least one of heat, electrical current, and electromagnetic field.