Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 车辆
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Application No.: US12532690Application Date: 2008-02-22
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Publication No.: US08423274B2Publication Date: 2013-04-16
- Inventor: Katsunori Doi
- Applicant: Katsunori Doi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Equos Research Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Equos Research Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC
- Priority: JP2007-083063 20070327; JP2007-083064 20070327
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/053060 WO 20080222
- International Announcement: WO2008/117602 WO 20081002
- Main IPC: B62H1/10
- IPC: B62H1/10

Abstract:
A vehicle provides upstanding and tilted (standstill for allowing a user to get on an off the vehicle) positions without movement of the vehicle. In the vehicle, even if the vehicle body tilts, a riding section is moved in the forward-backward direction to bring the vehicle to an orientation where the center of gravity (P) of the vehicle body is on a vertical line (V) passing through ground contact points (S1) or drive wheels (12). This controls the tilt angle of the vehicle body and the position of the riding section (13) so that the center of gravity (P) does not move. Thus, the upright position and the tilted position of the vehicle are achieved without movement of the vehicle (without rotation of the wheels). Further, influences such as an error in parameters and disturbance are compensated for by a balancer that moves in the forward-backward direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100114420A1 VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2010-05-06
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