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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yuki Nakano, Nisshin, JP;
Masato Ura, Nisshin, JP;
Koji Takao, Toyota, JP;
Hideyuki Sakurai, Toyota, JP;
Keisuke Hotta, Miyoshi, JP;
Rieko Masutani, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Hanawa, Miyoshi, JP;
Masanobu Ohmi, Kasugai, JP;
Takashi Hayashi, Nagoya, JP;
Atsushi Nabata, Nagakute, JP;
Tetsuro Sakaguchi, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a vehicle system including: a body unit; a traveling unit capable of traveling with the body unit being mounted thereon; coupling units configured to couple the body unit and the traveling unit; a sensor used for predicting a crash; a controller configured to execute causing coupling between the traveling unit and the body unit by the coupling units to be released when a crash is predicted based on a detection value of the sensor; an acting unit provided on one of the traveling unit and the body unit and configured to act so that a positional relationship between the body unit and the traveling unit is changed when the coupling is released; and an acted-upon unit provided on the other between the traveling unit and the body unit and configured to receive action of the acting unit.