Title:
TRACTOR AND VEHICLE INCLUDING TRACTOR
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2023056948
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a tractor capable of towing a towed vehicle by autonomous traveling while employing a compact structure; and to provide a vehicle including the tractor.SOLUTION: In a tractor 20, a movement mechanism 22 includes a pair of left and right driving wheels 26, and a vehicle body 28 is provided between the pair of left and right driving wheels 26. A peripheral information detection sensor 32 provided on the vehicle body 28 detects peripheral information. An autonomous control section provided in the vehicle body 28 controls the autonomous traveling of the movement mechanism 22 on the basis of the peripheral information detected by the peripheral information detection sensor 32. Further, a coupler provided on the vehicle body 28 can be coupled to a coupler 52 of a towed vehicle 50.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Inventors:
NAKAMURA NOBUO
KOBAYASHI HIROYUKI
KOBAYASHI HIROYUKI
Application Number:
JP2021166467A
Publication Date:
April 20, 2023
Filing Date:
October 08, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
B60L15/20; B60K1/02; B60L50/70; B60L58/30; B62D53/06; G05D1/02; H01M8/00; H01M8/04
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent Attorney Corporation Taiyo International Patent Office