Vehicle steerable by movement of center of gravity

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9216764
APP PUB NO 20140188338A1
SERIAL NO

14026090

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A vehicle steerable by movement of the center of gravity has an auxiliary wheel. A left drive wheel is driven by a left rotary driver. A right drive wheel is driven by a right rotary driver. A gravity center position calculator calculates a position of the center of gravity of a driver on a steering step board based on a detection signal from a load detection module detecting a load distribution of the driver. A travel controller has a first control mode controlling rotary drive of the left and right rotary drivers to achieve straight forward travel or turning. The travel controller also has a second control mode controlling the rotary drive of the left and right rotary drivers to achieve straight forward travel, turning or straight backward travel based on the position of the center of gravity. A driver input operation device can be used to select either the first or the second control mode.

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KUBOTA CORPORATION2-47 SHIKITSUHIGASHI 1-CHOME NANIWA-KU OSAKA OSAKA-SHI 5568601

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fujimoto, Yoshitomo Osaka, JP 13 167
Ito, Hirokazu Osaka, JP 161 1588
Koike, Kazuo Hyogo, JP 60 832

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