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Title:
VEHICLE, AND METHOD OF CHANGING RUNNING DIRECTION OF THE VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009261504
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a vehicle capable of turning in a small space.

The vehicle has at least a plurality of wheels 21 and 22 disposed as a pair on the right and left sides, and at least one driving means 31 for rotating the wheels 21 and 22 to run. The vehicle includes direction changing means 4 configured to brake at least the pair of right and left wheels 21 and 22 and to adjust the rotation speed of the wheels 21 and 22 independently to change the running direction by the generation of a difference in rotation speed between the wheels 21 and 22.


Inventors:
KURATA JUNICHI
UCHIYAMA HIRONOBU
NAGAO TOMOYUKI
Application Number:
JP2008112459A
Publication Date:
November 12, 2009
Filing Date:
April 23, 2008
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
UNIV KANSAI
International Classes:
A61G5/04; B60B19/00; B60L11/18; B62D11/08; B62K5/00; B62K5/05
Domestic Patent References:
JP2003319506A2003-11-07
JPH0569811A1993-03-23
JP2002017791A2002-01-22
JP2002113048A2002-04-16
JP2005067334A2005-03-17
JP2002058707A2002-02-26
JPH10500049A1998-01-06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Noboru Fujimoto
Seiichi Yakumaru
Hiroaki Nakatani