Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle steerable by movement of center of gravity
- Patent Title (中): 由重心运动引导的车辆
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Application No.: US14026090Application Date: 2013-09-13
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Publication No.: US09216764B2Publication Date: 2015-12-22
- Inventor: Hirokazu Ito , Kazuo Koike , Yoshitomo Fujimoto
- Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2012-285815 20121227
- Main IPC: B62D11/04
- IPC: B62D11/04 ; B62D1/02 ; B62D51/00 ; B62D51/02 ; A01D34/64

Abstract:
A vehicle steerable by movement of the center of gravity has an auxiliary wheel. A left drive wheel is driven by a left rotary driver. A right drive wheel is driven by a right rotary driver. A gravity center position calculator calculates a position of the center of gravity of a driver on a steering step board based on a detection signal from a load detection module detecting a load distribution of the driver. A travel controller has a first control mode controlling rotary drive of the left and right rotary drivers to achieve straight forward travel or turning. The travel controller also has a second control mode controlling the rotary drive of the left and right rotary drivers to achieve straight forward travel, turning or straight backward travel based on the position of the center of gravity. A driver input operation device can be used to select either the first or the second control mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140188338A1 VEHICLE STEERABLE BY MOVEMENT OF CENTER OF GRAVITY Public/Granted day:2014-07-03
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