Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mover and method for controlling the mover
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Application No.: US16237846Application Date: 2019-01-02
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Publication No.: US11370398B2Publication Date: 2022-06-28
- Inventor: Hiroshi Shirouzu , Tohru Nakamura
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-009202 20180123,JPJP2018-009203 20180123
- Main IPC: B60T1/14
- IPC: B60T1/14 ; B62D33/10 ; B62D33/02

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a mover including a plurality of wheels, a body, and a friction braking mechanism. The body has a bottom surface. The body is supported by the plurality of wheels with the bottom surface facing a traveling surface, and travels on the traveling surface by turning the plurality of wheels. The friction braking mechanism applies a brake on the body with at least a portion of the bottom surface or at least a portion of a movable body brought into contact with the traveling surface by switching, while the body is traveling, a state of the movable body from a first state into a second state. The second state is a state where the movable body protrudes from the bottom surface to a different height from in the first state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190225195A1 MOVER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE MOVER Public/Granted day:2019-07-25
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