VEHICLE - EQUOS RES CO LTD

Title:

VEHICLE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/190318

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

This vehicle is provided with: a vehicle body that is rotatable about a roll axis; one or more front wheels; a front wheel support section for supporting the one or more front wheels in a manner rotatable about a rotary axis in a turning direction; one or more rear wheels; an operation input unit for inputting a turning direction by being operated; a tilt angle change unit for changing the tilt angle of the vehicle body about a tilt axis in the vehicle width direction, said tilt axis being different from the roll axis; and a tilt control unit for controlling the tilt angle change unit. The one or more front wheels and/or the one or more rear wheels include one pair of wheels disposed in the vehicle width direction. The vehicle body is constructed such that the center of gravity of the vehicle body is lower than the roll axis. When a turning direction is input to the operation input unit, the tilt control unit causes the tilt angle change unit to change the tilt angle to such a tilt angle that the vehicle body tilts in the turning direction. After the change of the tilt angle is started, the one or more front wheels rotate in such a direction that the vehicle turns in the turning direction.

Inventors:

HORIGUCHI MUNEHISA (JP)
MIZUNO AKIRA (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2016/065342

Publication Date:

December 01, 2016

Filing Date:

May 24, 2016

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

EQUOS RES CO LTD (JP)

International Classes:

B62K5/10; B62K5/027

Domestic Patent References:

WO2012059959A1

2012-05-10

Foreign References:

JP2013144471A	2013-07-25
JP2014524864A	2014-09-25

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