Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pushcart
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Application No.: US15058749Application Date: 2016-03-02
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Publication No.: US09751551B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Kenichi Shirato
- Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
- Priority: JP2013-183389 20130904
- Main IPC: B62B3/02
- IPC: B62B3/02 ; A61H3/04 ; B62B5/00 ; B62B5/02 ; B62B1/00 ; G01D1/08 ; B62B1/10

Abstract:
A pushcart configured to perform inverted pendulum control is made likely to negotiate a step.In a first control mode, a main body is maintained to have a constant posture by performing the inverted pendulum control all the time. For example, when a user operates a selector switch, the control mode is changed to a second control mode in which offset torque is added so that an amount of torque applied to a wheel driver unit becomes larger. In this case, because the pushcart moves faster than usual, even if there exists a step that is hard to negotiate in the state of usual inverted pendulum control, the pushcart is likely to negotiate that step.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160176429A1 PUSHCART Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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