Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle having independently driven and controlled right and left drive wheels
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Application No.: US14450778Application Date: 2014-08-04
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Publication No.: US09656687B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Kazuo Koike , Hirokazu Ito , Yoshikazu Togoshi
- Applicant: Kubota Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Kubota Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kubota Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: The Webb Law Firm
- Priority: JP2011-133671 20110615; JP2011-133672 20110615; JP2011-133673 20110615
- Main IPC: B62D11/04
- IPC: B62D11/04 ; B62D6/04 ; B60L15/36 ; B60L15/20 ; B62D11/00

Abstract:
A self-propelled vehicle includes a maneuvering unit, a drive unit including first and second drive sections, which are driven and controlled by drive wheel control commands, a drive wheel unit including left and right drive wheels driven by the first and second drive sections, respectively, at least one caster wheel which is controlled by a caster wheel control command, a bank detector for detecting a degree of bank of the vehicle and a control unit including a drive wheel control section for generating the drive wheel control commands. The control unit further includes a caster wheel control section which generates the caster wheel control command for controlling the steering angle of the caster wheel during a bank traversing travel, based on the bank degree so as to resolve a difference between a target travel and the actual travel which occurs during the bank traversing travel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150039171A1 Vehicle Having Independently Driven and Controlled Right and Left Drive Wheels Public/Granted day:2015-02-05
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