Drive assistance device for a wheel chair and a wheel chair having a drive assistance device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7840327
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12512260

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A drive assistance device for a wheel chair having a drive motor, a driving wheel, a sensor means which is designed such that a driving force manually induced into a driving wheel is detected, and a control unit, designed such that the drive motor is controlled to drive the driving wheel in accordance with a drive assistance degree depending on the driving force manually induced into the driving wheel, wherein the control unit comprises an anti-rollback operational mode in which it is adapted to control the drive motor such that an unintended rolling of the driving wheel is avoided. The invention also relates to a wheel chair having such a drive assistance device.

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ULRICH ALBER GMBH72461 ALBSTADT-TAILFINGEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bitzer, Paul-Gerhard Albstadt, DE 6 48
Stumpp, Bernhard Bisingen, DE 1 16

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