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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120067653 | STEERING DOLLY A dolly includes a frame having a load deck for supporting a load and a plurality of axles coupled to the frame in a generally parallel relationship with wheels rotationally coupled to each side of the axles. Independent drive motors are operatively connected to each of... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20110295453 | ELECTRIC POWERTRAIN FOR WORK MACHINE An electric powertrain includes an engine configured to provide mechanical energy and a generator operably coupled to the engine and configured to convert at least a portion of the mechanical energy into electric energy. The electric powertrain further includes at least... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110247886 | ELECTRIC ZERO-TURN WORKING VEHICLE An electric zero-turn working vehicle comprises a vehicle body frame, right and left drive wheels, right and left first electric motors for driving the respective right and left drive wheels, a transaxle including at least one of the right and left first electric motors... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110232978 | OFFSET DRIVE SYSTEM FOR UTILITY VEHICLES A wheel driven utility vehicle includes a frame and two small volume high speed alternating current electric motors arranged side by side for driving the vehicle. Alternatively high speed direct current, hydraulic or pneumatic direct current motors may be used with suit... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110232977 | CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A MOTORISED VEHICLE The technology disclosed relates to a controller and a control method for a motorised vehicle, and in particular to the control of a motorised vehicle having at least a left wheel and a right wheel, the left wheel being driven by a left motor and the right wheel being d... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110127093 | RIDING-TYPE GROUND WORKING VEHICLE A riding-type ground working vehicle includes left and right wheels, a command value calculating section, a yaw rate detecting section that detects a yaw rate of the vehicle, a target yaw rate calculating section, a correction coefficient acquiring section, and a contro... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20100252338 | Golf bag vehicle A golf bag vehicle includes a vehicle body and a driving wheel. The vehicle body includes an axle mounting on a lower portion thereof. The driving wheel includes a wheel frame, a motor and a wheel circle. The wheel frame detachably connects to the axle, and has an inner... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100224426 | ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE A shovel loader (1) has a vehicle body frame (9), a travel device (5), a loader device (20), and a drive power generation section for generating drive power for making the travel device (5) travel. The vehicle body frame (9) has... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100138128 | MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR A motorized wheelchair includes left and right drive wheels, left and right motors, rate-of-turn sensor, first and second speed sensors, and controller arranged to combine signals from the sensors in a manner that detects drift. Alternatively, the motorized wheelchair i... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20090260901 | ELECTRIC GROUND WORKING VEHICLE There is provided an electric ground working vehicle including a left wheel and a right wheel, at least one caster, a working apparatus, an acceleration operating element for performing acceleration instructions, a turn operating element for performing turn instructions... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090211822 | Method and Apparatus for Stall Detection Stall detection apparatus for an electric motor controller has an input for receiving a drive error flag indicating if the controller is unable to achieve the required motor velocity and an input for receiving a signal in order to measure, directly or indirectly, the ac... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090032314 | Drive system for a machine A machine is provided. The machine has a frame, an implement attached to a front end, a power source, a first and a second drive motor, a left front and rear axle, and a right front and rear axle. The first and second drive motors are powered by the power source, and ea... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090030569 | ROBOTIC CART PULLING VEHICLE A robotic cart pulling vehicle includes a positioning error reducing system for reducing accumulated error in the ded-reckoning navigational system. The positioning error reducing system including at least one of a low load transfer point of the cart attaching mechanism... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090000850 | HANDS-FREE POWERED MOBILITY DEVICE An electrically operable wheelchair having a seat, a base with a pair of motors respectively coupled with the main support wheels, a position detection assembly, and a controller coupled with the position detection assembly and the motors for controlling wheelchair oper... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080301875 | FOLDING FRAME MOTORIZED PRONE CART A prone cart for carrying a patient has a frame, a pair of independently powered and suspended drive wheels located centrally off the frame and an articuable body support having relatively moveable tray, chest support, abdominal support and leg support sections connecte... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080230284 | OFFSET DRIVE SYSTEM FOR UTILITY VEHICLES A wheel driven utility vehicle includes a frame and two small volume high speed alternating current electric motors arranged side by side for driving the vehicle. Alternatively high speed direct current, hydraulic or pneumatic direct current motors may be used with suit... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080231006 | Inter-Convertible Single Person Type Transporting Aid An inter-convertible single person type transporting aid (10) comprises a multi directionally propellable wheeled carrier frame (12) that is fitted with drive wheels (14) that are independently drivable via motors (16) and situated to enable ... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080210481 | Electric Drive System Comprising Differential Steering for a Vehicle, Drive Unit and Vehicle An electric drive system for a vehicle features two similar drive units, an electric energy source, an electronic control unit and a left and a right summation gear, which are configured as planetary gears. A drive unit drives the ring gear of the left summation gear, w... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080202826 | Drive System for the Individual Drive of Both Driven Wheels of a Driven Wheel Pair The present invention concerns a drive system for the individual driving of the two driven wheels of a driven wheel pair or suchlike for a vehicle, which comprises two continuously variable drive motors (2, 6) each of which are in driving connection via a transmi... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20070261897 | Motorized wheelchair A motorized wheelchair having right and left motorized rear wheels, and fixed front wheels in which a plurality of rollers rotatable in a direction orthogonal to an alignment direction of wheels are disposed therearound, comprises transmission rollers to transmit the ro... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070256868 | Steering Mechanism for self-propelled mower A steering mechanism for a wheel of a self-propelled vehicle includes a wheel spindle on which the wheel is rotatably mounted, a steering motor turning a steering tube defining a generally vertical steer axis, a propulsion drive motor turning a propulsion drive shaft ex... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070251735 | Coaxial two-wheel vehicle A coaxial two-wheel vehicle is provided. The coaxial two-wheel vehicle includes a step plate for a rider to ride on; a vehicle body supporting the step plate to be capable of changing a posture in a roll direction of rotating around a roll axis as the center when a trav... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070095580 | Power wheelchair with clutch control device A power wheelchair includes a pair of clutches, each coupled to a respective drive power source and a respective drive wheel, and a clutch control device that includes a pair of rod pivoting units, a control unit, and a flexible linking unit interconnecting the control ... | 05/03/2007 |
| 20060283641 | Electrical drive system for a vehicle with skid steering An electrical drive system for a vehicle with a skid steering element exhibits a homogeneous electrical drive engine and a homogeneous gear unit (16, 18) on the left and on the right side in each case, which are propelled by a drive engine (2, 4), assigned... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060266565 | Articulating quad-drive wheelchair A self-propelled wheelchair with independently driven wheels and dual support frames connected in an articulating relationship. A front frame supports a seat and a rearward extended pivot connector. A pair of front wheels and left and right front drive units are connect... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060254831 | Power assist apparatus and movable body including the same A power assist apparatus with a plurality of operating modes, which causes an object of operation to operate in one of the operating modes depending on an operating force applied thereto. The plurality of areas being demarcated based on directions in which the applied o... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060213699 | Method for driving wheel-chair A wheel-chair is easily controlled to move and turn by a left large wheel and a right large wheel. The large wheels have different rolling speeds, such as a full speed and a reduced speed, and different rolling directions, such as rolling forward and rolling backward. ... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20060048976 | Electric vehicle An electric vehicle includes a vehicle body, a front wheel supported on the vehicle body for steering motion in accordance with motion of the vehicle body, a pair of rear wheels supported on the vehicle body for steering motion, a steering unit configured to regulate a ... | 03/09/2006 |
| 20050236208 | Power wheelchair A wheelchair has a base and a plurality of wheels supporting the base on a supporting surface. At least one of the wheels is a driven wheel. One of the wheels may be a non-driven wheel. One or more of the wheels, driven or non-driven, is adapted to be steered. In a pref... | 10/27/2005 |
| 20050230158 | Electric vehicle Electric vehicle of the present invention includes left and right traveling units, and left and right electric motors for driving the left and right traveling units. Speed adjusting lever for adjusting a speed of the left and right traveling units is provided on an oper... | 10/20/2005 |
| 20050228553 | Hybrid Electric Vehicle Energy Management System A vehicle location sensor such as a GPS, an inertial navigation or dead reckoning system determines location data for a vehicle that travels from a known first destination to a second destination. This location data is processed by a route computer system, and associate... | 10/13/2005 |
| 20050173163 | Omini direction vehicle An omni direction vehicle with a frame having a round surface about its perimeter with no apparatus mounted on the frame extending beyond the perimeter. Two independent drive wheels located on an axis through the center of the frame are mounted at the same distance from... | 08/11/2005 |
| 20050087373 | Electric vehicle An electric vehicle includes left and right electric motors for separately driving left and right traveling apparatuses, respectively, and a control unit for controlling the left and right electric motors, separately. When operation of the electric vehicle is switched f... | 04/28/2005 |