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Title:
POWER-ASSISTED CARRIAGE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/054714
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A power-assisted carriage provided with a drive wheel disposed on a vehicle frame, an operation handle with which a worker can input a drive force to the vehicle frame, a torque sensor for detecting the drive torque inputted to the vehicle frame from the operation handle, a controller for computing an assistance force applied to the drive wheel in accordance with the drive torque, an electric motor for applying the assistance force to the drive wheel, a brake which brakes the drive wheel and which can switch to a non-brake state when a predetermined current is applied, and a brake release switch in which the controller issues a command to apply the predetermined current to the brake when operated by the worker, wherein the controller maintains the brake state of the brake even when the power is turned on if the brake release switch is being operated when the power is not turned on.

Inventors:
SEKINE SHINICHI (JP)
MIYATANI OSAMU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2012/075687
Publication Date:
April 18, 2013
Filing Date:
October 03, 2012
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Assignee:
KAYABA INDUSTRY CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B62B3/00; B60L15/20; B62B5/04
Foreign References:
JP2004113375A2004-04-15
JP2000287311A2000-10-13
JPH1045000A1998-02-17
JP2005231557A2005-09-02
JP2006213243A2006-08-17
JP2000210340A2000-08-02
JPH0956015A1997-02-25
JPH09109894A1997-04-28
JP2006137391A2006-06-01
JP2012166748A2012-09-06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
GOTO, Masaki et al. (JP)
Masaki Goto (JP)
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