公开(公告)号：US10246157B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-02

申请号：US15665634

申请日：2017-08-01

Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

Inventor： Seiji Kato ,  Jun Inada

IPC: B62K11/00 ,  B62H1/02 ,  B62H1/12 ,  B62K1/00

Abstract: In an inverted pendulum vehicle, the fore and aft dimension of the vehicle in a forwardly tilted, parked position is minimized. A pivot center line of a base end of a tail wheel arm is located inside a circle centered around a center of a tail wheel and having a radius equal to a distance between the center of the tail wheel and the rotational center line of the drive disks, and with respect to a hypothetical tail wheel arm, a first line is a line extending along the hypothetical tail wheel arm when the vehicle is in the upright position, and a second line is a line extending along the hypothetical tail wheel arm when the vehicle is in the forwardly tilted, park position, the pivot center line being located on or above a bisector of an angle formed by the first line and the second line.

公开(公告)号：US10179627B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-15

申请号：US15410880

申请日：2017-01-20

Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

Inventor： Wataru Yada ,  Tsutomu Yoshino ,  Jun Inada

IPC: B62M13/00 ,  B60B19/00 ,  B60B19/12 ,  B62J1/00 ,  B62J25/00 ,  B62K1/00 ,  B62K11/10 ,  B62K21/00 ,  F16H13/04 ,  B60B27/00 ,  B62H1/12 ,  B62K11/00

Abstract: In a propulsion device including a main wheel having a plurality of driven rollers fitted on and arranged circumferentially along an annular core member so as to be rotatable around tangential lines of the annular core member at respective positions thereof on the annular core member, a pair of drive disks positioned on either side of the main wheel in an individually rotatable manner, a plurality of drive rollers supported along an outer periphery of each drive disk so as to be each rotatable around a rotational center line extending in a skewed relationship to a rotational center line of the corresponding drive disk, and a drive unit for individually rotatively driving the drive disks, a plurality of guide rollers are rotatably supported by a body frame and engage at least one driven roller not engaged by any of the drive rollers from either side.

公开(公告)号：US09630447B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-25

申请号：US15099139

申请日：2016-04-14

Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

Inventor： Tsutomu Yoshino ,  Wataru Yada ,  Makoto Hasegawa ,  Shinichiro Kobashi ,  Jun Inada

IPC: B60B19/00 ,  B62K1/00 ,  B60B19/12 ,  B60B27/00 ,  B60K1/02 ,  B62K11/00

CPC classification number: B60B19/003 ,  B60B19/12 ,  B60B27/0005 ,  B60K1/02 ,  B62K1/00 ,  B62K11/007

Abstract: In a frictional propulsion device comprising a main wheel including a plurality of driven rollers rotatably supported by an annular core member about a tangential direction and a pair of drive disk each carrying a plurality of drive rollers about a rotational center line at an angle with respect to both a tangential line of the drive disk and the rotational center line of the drive disk such that the drive rollers at least partly engage the driven rollers, a diameter of a drive side contact circle is smaller than a diameter of a driven side contact circle, and the drive disks are vertically offset relative to the main wheel so that only those drive rollers adjoining the main wheel are in contact with the driven rollers. Thereby, the power efficiency of the device can be improved while minimizing the manufacturing cost and the weight of the device.

公开(公告)号：US20230303142A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-28

申请号：US18184678

申请日：2023-03-16

Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jun Inada ,  Ritsuya Oshima ,  Hiroshi Iwakami ,  Hiroshi Gomi ,  Shinichiro Kobashi ,  Makoto Hasegawa

IPC: B62B3/12 ,  B62B5/00

CPC classification number: B62B3/12 ,  B62B5/0033

Abstract: An operation device 5 includes: a base 40; an operation part 45, extending in a left-right direction; and a pair of left and right first connection parts 50, provided between the base and the operation part, and disposed apart from each other in the left-right direction. Each first connection part includes: a first end 56, connected to the base; a second end 55, connected to the operation part; a first elastic member 63, connecting the second end with respect to the first end to be displaceable in a front-rear direction; and a first distance sensor 65A, 65B, measuring a relative distance of the second end with respect to the first end in the front-rear direction.

公开(公告)号：US09731547B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-15

申请号：US15098880

申请日：2016-04-14

Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

Inventor： Tsutomu Yoshino ,  Wataru Yada ,  Jun Inada

IPC: B60B19/12 ,  B60B19/00 ,  B60B27/00 ,  B62K1/00 ,  B62D21/02 ,  B62K11/00

CPC classification number: B60B19/003 ,  B60B19/12 ,  B60B27/0005 ,  B62D21/02 ,  B62K1/00 ,  B62K11/007

Abstract: In a frictional propulsion device comprising a main wheel including driven rollers rotatably supported by an annular core member about a tangential direction and a pair of drive disks each carrying a plurality of drive rollers rotatable about a rotational center line at an angle with respect to both a tangential line of the drive disk and the rotational center line of the drive disk such that the drive rollers at least partly engage the driven rollers, a diameter of a drive side contact circle is smaller than a diameter of a driven side contact circle, and the drive disks are vertically offset relative to the main wheel so that only those drive rollers adjoining the main wheel are in contact with the driven rollers.