公开(公告)号：US11925590B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-12

申请号：US17331695

申请日：2021-05-27

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Takayuki Nagata ,  Motoki Hirose ,  Takeshi Ishikawa

IPC: A61G5/04 ,  A61G5/10 ,  F16D13/38

CPC classification number: A61G5/048 ,  A61G5/10 ,  F16D13/38

Abstract: An electric wheelchair includes a main frame; a drivable wheel supported by the main frame; an electric motor disposed on the main frame and configured to drive the drivable wheel; a clutch configured to switch a power transmission path from the electric motor to the drivable wheel between an engagement state and a disengagement state; and a clutch operation handle configured to be moved in a predetermined range in an up-down direction. The clutch operation handle is configured to operate the clutch so as to be in: (i) one of the engagement state or the disengagement state when the clutch operation handle is stopped at a lowest position of the predetermined range; and (ii) the other of the engagement state or the disengagement state when the clutch operation handle is stopped at a highest position of the predetermined range.