Title:
走行装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6493341
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
In a traveling apparatus, a front wheel supporting member is coupled to a rear wheel supporting member rotatably around a pivot axis and with a support shaft in such a way that a wheel base length will become variable according to a relative posture of the front wheel supporting member and the rear wheel supporting member. Control is performed so that the greater the wheel base length, the greater a speed of the traveling apparatus in a forward direction will become. When the wheel base length is one at which the speed in the forward direction becomes substantially zero, while the front wheel is oriented in a straight traveling direction, an intersection point where the pivot axis crosses a road surface is located at a position offset from a grounding point where the front wheel is grounded on the road surface toward a side of the rear wheel.
Inventors:
Takeshi Kama
Awareness Makoto
Atsushi Mori
Awareness Makoto
Atsushi Mori
Application Number:
JP2016175042A
Publication Date:
April 03, 2019
Filing Date:
September 07, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
International Classes:
B62K17/00; B62D21/14
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2002325878A |
Foreign References:
| US20140008138 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Ken Ieiri