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Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 14, 2017
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Takeshi Kama, Nagakute, JP;

Makoto Kakuchi, Toyota, JP;

Makoto Mori, Nagakute, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K 11/14 (2006.01); B62K 5/027 (2013.01); B62K 19/18 (2006.01); B62K 3/00 (2006.01); B62K 15/00 (2006.01); B62K 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K 11/14 (2013.01); B62K 3/002 (2013.01); B62K 5/027 (2013.01); B62K 15/006 (2013.01); B62K 19/18 (2013.01); B62K 21/00 (2013.01); B62K 2204/00 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7258 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a traveling apparatus including a front wheel steered by an operation by a user and two rear wheels that are rotationally driven independently from each other disposed along a traveling direction and on which the user rides when traveling, the traveling apparatus including: a front wheel supporting member; a rear wheel supporting member; an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a wheel base length between the front wheel and the rear wheels by changing, by the user, a relative position of the front wheel supporting member and the rear wheel supporting member; and a controller configured to control a rotational speed of each of the rear wheels based on the wheel base length and a steering angle of the front wheel in such a way that a moving track of the front wheel and moving tracks of the rear wheels draw a concentric arc.


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