Title:
MOTION CONTROL FOR A TRANSPORTER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004007233
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A transporter (10) for transporting a subject over a surface that may be irregular. The transporter includes a support platform (11) for supporting a load, the loaded support platform defining fore-aft and lateral planes and characterized by a load distribution. A plurality of ground contacting elements (13, 14) are coupled to the support platform such that the transporter is statically stable with respect to tipping in the fore-aft plane. At least one of the plurality of ground contacting elements is driven by a motorized drive arrangement. A sensor module (15, 16) generates a signal indicative of the load distribution. Based at least on the load distribution, a controller commands the motorized drive arrangement.
Inventors:
KAMEN DEAN L
AMBROGI ROBERT R
FIELD DOUGLAS J
HEINZMANN JOHN DAVID
HEINZMANN RICHARD KURT
LANGENFELD CHRISTOPHER C
AMBROGI ROBERT R
FIELD DOUGLAS J
HEINZMANN JOHN DAVID
HEINZMANN RICHARD KURT
LANGENFELD CHRISTOPHER C
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/021662
Publication Date:
March 10, 2005
Filing Date:
July 11, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
DEKA PRODUCTS LP (US)
International Classes:
A63C17/01; A63C17/08; A63C17/12; B60G17/016; B60K26/02; B60K31/00; B60Q1/26; B62D1/12; B62D51/02; B62K3/00; B62K11/00; B62K17/00; B62M7/00; (IPC1-7): B60K31/00; B62D1/12; B60K26/02; A63C17/12
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2000073101A1 | 2000-12-07 |
Foreign References:
| US6050357A | 2000-04-18 | |||
| US4151892A | 1979-05-01 | |||
| GB2358163A | 2001-07-18 | |||
| US6223114B1 | 2001-04-24 | |||
| DE10209093A1 | 2003-09-18 | |||
| US20040016584A1 | 2004-01-29 |
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