Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inverted pendulum type vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 倒立摆式车
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Application No.: US13873286Application Date: 2013-04-30
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Publication No.: US09199685B2Publication Date: 2015-12-01
- Inventor: Masahiro Shimizu , Yoshinobu Shiomi , Yoshinari Takemura , Wataru Yada , Yusuke Muto , Yuhi Nakagawa
- Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Carrier Blackman & Associates, P.C.
- Agent William D. Blackman; Joseph P. Carrier
- Priority: JP2012-111054 20120514; JP2012-111059 20120514
- Main IPC: B62K1/00
- IPC: B62K1/00 ; B62K3/00 ; B62H1/12 ; B60B19/00 ; B60B19/12

Abstract:
An inverted pendulum type vehicle includes a vehicle body frame; a main wheel including a plurality of rotatable driven rollers arranged to form a ring, and a pair of left and right driving disks supported for rotation on the vehicle body frame. Each of the driving disks includes a plurality of rotatable driving rollers, disposed for contact in a twisted relationship with the driven rollers. The vehicle also includes a pair of left and right driven pulleys provided on outer sides of the driving disks, and a pair of left and right driving units, attached to the vehicle body frame above the main wheel, and including motors having output power shafts to which driving pulleys are attached. Endless transmission members interconnect the driving pulleys and the driven pulleys. The left and right driving units are disposed in an vertically offset relationship from each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130299260A1 INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2013-11-14
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