Talk:Mecanum wheel

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That AndyMark link is practically an advertisement. I tried to make the description an actual description, but I'm not sure the link should be there in the first place. Ichibani 22:35, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Which Panama City
Does this article refer to Panama City, Florida or Panama City, Panama? Panama City, Panama seems like an odd place for US Navy research to take place. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.62.207.99 (talk) 23:08, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Panama City also has Naval Support Activity Panama City, which often does research for the US Navy. So it would make more sense being Panama City, Florida. Xphalanxia (talk) 11:22, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Aircraft pallet lifts and cargo deck
I'm surprised that there is no mention at all for the most frequent use of this kind of wheel, you can see it operating in any airport handling the cargo pallets with passenger suitcases and, I believe, are also in the deck of the plane's cargo space (because I'm not sure about that, I am writing this in the Discussion page). Pallets can be seen moving in any direction and even turning 180 degrees on the very top of the platform, where they barely fit, to make them enter the cargo space the right way in. DevaSatyam (talk) 11:27, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Those aren't mecanum wheels. Those are omniwheels129.10.88.73 (talk) 17:48, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

There was a brief glimpse of a forklift with the Mecanum wheels in the recent (2009) Star Trek movie assisting with loading of stores onto/in the starship. Idyllic press (talk) 22:22, 14 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Check out this patent http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6622846.pdf It might be trademarked as "HeliRoll", e.g. http://directory.groundsupportworldwide.com/product/10027512/JBT_AeroTech_HeliRoll_Transfer_Decks Here's a video of one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI2onMzb1nk#t=1m50s This video for replacement rollers shows it off pretty good http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2RwYaTu1Zw#t=0m54s http://www.esroll.com/ Fxm12 (talk) 05:50, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Isn't this (patent) dead yet?
I'm confused. Why would any corporation pay the US Navy, in 1997, for the rights to build this technology when the patent should have expired in 1992? Or even 1993-1995 if you're generous and giving it the 20 year span of a current patent? 67.207.228.58 (talk) 04:26, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

It looks like they bought a copy of the drawings from the Navy archive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.237.208.127 (talk) 06:05, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Wheelchair
I have seen the wheelchair in the late 1990s in China. But can't remember the manufacturer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.78.75.150 (talk) 11:26, 24 April 2015 (UTC)