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Aircraft maintenance apparatus and method of maintaining aircraft

  • US 6,477,730 B1
  • Filed: 10/23/2000
  • Issued: 11/12/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A mobile vehicle, the mobile vehicle comprising:

  • a base having upper and lower portions, the lower portion including a plurality of recessed regions into each of which one of a plurality of wheels is mounted;

    a drive connected to said base; and

    a plurality of wheels each of which is drivable responsive to said drive in a selected direction independent of each of the other plurality of wheels, each said plurality of wheels being connected to a lower portion of said base, positioned in one of the plurality of recessed regions, and connected to said drive so that said plurality of wheels responsively move said base in at least three different directions responsive to said drive, each of said wheels including a hub and a plurality of roller members dispersed around said hub.

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