Title:
ELECTRIC WALKING ASSISTING VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2022108966
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To prevent idle traveling of an electric walking assisting vehicle during hand-push traveling while motors are stopped.SOLUTION: An electric walking assisting vehicle (1) includes: a vehicle body (2); left and right driving wheels (4L, 4R); left and right motors (40L, 40R) capable of individually transmitting power to the left and right driving wheels; a gripping part (3) provided in an upper portion of the vehicle body and can be gripped by a user in a standing and walking posture; an electromagnetic brake (42) for locking the left and right driving wheels or the left and right motors; forcible release means (43) for the electromagnetic brake; an inclination sensor (20) for detecting an inclination of the vehicle body; and a control unit (10) for controlling the left and right motors. While the left and right motors are stopped, if the inclination detected by the inclination sensor is less than a predetermined threshold then the forcible releasing means for the electromagnetic brake is enabled, and if the inclination is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold then the forcible releasing means is disabled.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
Inventors:
RAAJAA GOPINAAT
Application Number:
JP2021004217A
Publication Date:
July 27, 2022
Filing Date:
January 14, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SUZUKI MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
B60L15/20; A61H3/04; B62B3/00; B62J45/41; B62J45/415; B62K5/007
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Okuyama Shoichi
Tetsuo Matsushima
Nakamura Ayako
Soji Morimoto
Yu Tanaka
Koichi Tokumoto
Kohei Arihara
Tetsuo Matsushima
Nakamura Ayako
Soji Morimoto
Yu Tanaka
Koichi Tokumoto
Kohei Arihara