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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186469 | Mobile robot The present invention relates to a mobile robot having jump function. An exemplary mobile robot according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a robot body, a pair of wheels, a driving motor, a leaf spring, and a leaf spring control unit. The pair of w... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8157043 | Motorized cycle There is provided a motorized cycle comprising a frame, a seat mounted upon the frame, a plurality of suspensions mounted to the frame, a plurality of wheels each coupled to a suspension wherein the operation of the motorized cycle is based on the physical position ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8091672 | Single-drive-axis vehicle with a platform and/or a seat for a driver An electrically driven single-drive-axis vehicle with a platform for a driver, driven about a common wheel axis, which provides the single-drive-axis to improve its handling and its range of uses. The vehicle includes at least one attachment, the attachment being co... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7866430 | Vehicle with two parallel wheels A vehicle with two parallel wheels according to the invention has split steps (2L, 2R), a vehicle body, a pair of wheels (4L, 4R) coaxially parallelly arranged, a pair of wheel drive units for independently driving the wheels (4L, ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7866429 | Traveling apparatus A coaxial two-wheeled vehicle includes a plurality of wheels disposed in parallel, a vehicle body, at least one of a step plate and a seat, an operating member, and a mechanism. The vehicle body supports plurality of wheels rotatably. The step plate is coupled to th... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7823676 | Coaxial two-wheeled inverted pendulum type moving vehicle The present invention provides, in connection with a coaxial two-wheeled inverted pendulum type moving vehicle, a technique which allows sudden braking without making a vehicle body to tilt significantly backward. The coaxial two-wheeled inverted pendulum type movin... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7703568 | Coaxial motorcycle In a coaxial two-wheeled vehicle, an attitude controller (84) calculates motor torque Tgyr for maintaining a base so that it has a target angle from deviation between base angle command θref serving as attitude command and current base angle θ0 c... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7677345 | Moving robot Within a moving robot of narrow footprint, having quick traveling performance on a plane-surface, as well as, anti-tumbling function, and further being suitable for operations under coexistence with a human being, being able to travel coping with traveling situation... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7635041 | Inverted two-wheeled robot A two-wheeled inverted robot includes a body, two wheels coaxially arranged on the body, a drive device for driving each of the wheels, a first state detector for detecting at least one of an inclination angle and an inclination angular speed of the body, a second s... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7481291 | Vehicle steerable by movement of center of gravity The present invention relates to a vehicle which can travel in the front and back direction and which can turn by right and left wheels rotated when a rider riding on a step-board moves the position of rider's balance from the center of a vehicle base. A vehi... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7472772 | Structure for installing rear cushion A structure for installing a rear cushion in a motorcycle having a hydraulic shock absorber with a subsidiary cylinder used as the suspension device. The rear swing arm includes a pair of left and right arm portions, the respective front portions being coupled with ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7451849 | Substantially fibrous exhaust screening system for motor vehicles An exhaust gas pollution treatment device, having an inlet pipe, an outlet pipe with an exhaust path extending between the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe. A gas permeable backbone member is positioned in the exhaust path and a substantially fibrous nonwoven refracto... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7437812 | Method for mounting an automobile rim on a motorcycle A method and assembly for mounting an auto rim and either motorcycle or auto tire as a motorcycle rear wheel. The assembly allows tires of different widths and diameters to be used on the rear of motorcycles that have single side swing arms and standard swing arms. ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7409824 | Exhaust control system for motorcycle An exhaust pipe is connected to an engine with a muffler attached to an exhaust pipe. An exhaust valve is provided for controlling the flow rate of an exhaust gas on the side of the exhaust pipe. A recessed portion is directed toward the center of the vehicle body a... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407175 | Multiple-passenger transporter A transporter for transporting a first person and one or more riders over a surface. The transporter includes a first support platform for supporting the first person, the first support platform having left and right sides and defining a fore-aft vertical plane and ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7370713 | Personal mobility vehicles and methods A class of transportation vehicles for carrying an individual over ground having a surface that may be irregular. This embodiment has a motorized drive, mounted to the ground-contacting module that causes operation of the vehicle in an operating position that is uns... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367575 | Arrangement structure of speed-change cable To improve the operability by a speed-change cable and to reduce the cable by selecting an adequate arrangement structure of the speed-change cable from a transmission case to an operating element of a handle on the front portion of a vehicle body. An arrangement st... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363993 | Traveling apparatus and method for controlling thereof A traveling apparatus suitable for use in a two-wheeled traveling vehicle on which a man rides, and a method for controlling thereof, are provided. An abrupt turn, which can make a rider fall down, is prevented, and stable traveling is obtained without fail. Specifi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360619 | Motorcycle frame structure A frame structure of a motorcycle includes a head pipe gusset forged integrally with a head pipe, and a front fitting recess to which a front wall and front-half parts of right and left side walls of a down pipe are fit is provided with the head pipe gusset. The str... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353903 | Air cleaner for straddle vehicle An air cleaner is prevented from sucking mud etc., while a relatively large space is ensured in front of a seat, in an under bone type straddle type vehicle which has an area recessed downward in front of the seat. An air cleaner is disposed in the rear of a cylinde... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350787 | Vehicles and methods using center of gravity and mass shift control system A center of gravity (C/G) control system for a vehicle includes sensors to measure the center of gravity shift and mass shift of the human body in relation to the vehicle, a controller to determine outputs, a dynamically adjustable vehicle system, and a power supply... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337862 | Mono-wheel vehicle with tilt mechanism In accordance with the present invention a mono-wheel vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a housing with an inner circumference. A wheel is connected to the housing such that the wheel is able to rotate independently of the housing. The wheel has an outside po... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7284628 | Multipurpose motor vehicle with two coaxial parallel wheels and more electromagnetic holonomic wheels in tandem A vehicle with zero turning radius employing a minimum of two generally parallel matching annular wheels mounted with independent pneumatic toroidal suspensions fixed coaxially on a chassis. The wheels have mounted on their inner hub sides frictional linings along w... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7210544 | Control of a transporter based on attitude A transporter for transporting a load over a surface. The transporter includes a support platform for supporting the load. The support platform is characterized by a fore-aft axis, a lateral axis, and an orientation with respect to the surface, the orientation refer... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212886 | Robot control apparatus and method A robot control apparatus including a motion torque calculating section for calculating a motion torque command which is required for a motion of a servo motor, a disturbance torque estimating section for calculating a disturbance torque, a minute displacement relat... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7200482 | Drive control apparatus and method and two-wheeled vehicle A drive control apparatus able to hold an autonomously stabilized posture by a small size configuration by independently detecting abnormalities in a drive system of a first motor and a drive system of a second motor at controllers, outputting the results to majorit... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7192040 | Drive mechanism for vehicle The present invention provides an electric-driven vehicle, which comprises a supporting platform and an upright tube, wherein the supporting platform has first and second ends and a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the first and second ends, the upright tube is fi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188694 | All-surface vehicle An all-surface vehicle comprising a pair of large inflatable tubes mounted on a common axis with sufficient buoyancy to enable the vehicle to travel on water and having a motor for independently driving each of the tubes, together with a passenger or load carrying c... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182166 | Footrest tuck mechanism A wheelchair with a footrest that tucks as a power base on which the wheelchair seat is mounted rotates about an axis parallel to a surface. The rotation of the power base raises the height of the seat above the surface. The footrest, which is coupled to the support... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178614 | Traveling apparatus and method for controlling thereof A traveling apparatus and a method for controlling thereof performs efficient charging with regenerative electrical power. An angle θ0 of a table (not illustrated) is detected by a gyroscopic sensor and an acceleration sensor to be supplied to a central ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7112938 | Attitude control device of mobile robot A posture control system for a mobile robot. When an unexpected external force acts, the system is configured to control and stabilize the posture of the robot driving an arm link such that, in response to a first external force that is a component in a predetermine... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7090040 | Motion control of a transporter A transporter for transporting a subject over a surface that may be irregular. The transporter includes a support platform for supporting a load, the loaded support platform defining fore-aft and lateral planes and characterized by a load distribution. A plurality o... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083022 | Motorcycle drive train A motorcycle is described which has a frame and a rear wheel attached to a driven pulley. A drive pulley is rotatably mounted to a rigid bracket attached to the frame such that a relative orientation between the drive pulley and the driven pulley is maintained subst... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7056185 | Single axle wireless remote controlled rover with omnidirectional wheels A wireless remote controlled rover (100) having a circular outer boundary when viewed in profile, comprising an elongated round-profile frame (20) outfitted with a pair of omnidirectional wheels (101L,R), rotatable in opposite directions by a dr... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7017696 | Electric motor vehicle with passenger opening through ring motor A two-wheel electric vehicle with ringlike, large, powered parallel wheels, in which at least one ringlike wheel is driven by a large toroidal electric motor. The fully circular rotor of the large toroidal electric motor is integrated with the hub of the ringlike wh... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017686 | Hybrid human/electric powered vehicle A personal transporter that provides both for propulsion by a user, and, at the same time, for dynamic stabilization by means of a powered actuator. A pitch variable such as pitch or time rate of change of pitch is sensed and used to determine the torque provided to... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7006901 | Computerized automated dynamic control system for single-track vehicles Various methods, apparatuses, and systems in which a single-track vehicle has a retractable auxiliary-support wheel assembly and a computer control system. In an embodiment, the single-track vehicle has an elongated body. The retractable auxiliary-support wheel asse... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000933 | Method for attaching a carrier to a balancing transporter A method for attaching a carrier, such as a trailer, to a dynamically balanced transporter. The carrier is attached to the transporter with a pivot. The pivot axis of the carrier is coincident with the axis of rotation of the wheels of the transporter. This method o... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6976899 | All terrain vehicle An all terrain vehicle having a casing, a motor assembly, a cradle supporting the propulsion system, and an outer shell. The casing surrounds the propulsion system with three connected rings, each ring capable of independent rotation. The cradle is positioned in the... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6969079 | Multiple-passenger transporter A transporter for transporting a first person and one or more riders over a surface. The transporter includes a first support platform for supporting the first person, the first support platform having left and right sides and defining a fore-aft vertical plane and ... | 11/29/2005 |
