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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2021
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata, JP;
Nobuo Hara, Shizuoka, JP;
Hidekazu Tsuboi, Shizuoka, JP;
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Iwata, JP;
Abstract
A leaning vehicle including a vehicle body frame that is configured to lean leftward and rightward respectively when the leaning vehicle is turning left and right, a steerable wheel supported by the vehicle frame body, a steering mechanism steering the steerable wheel, and a posture control actuator device. The posture control actuator device includes a posture control actuator that outputs power to control posture of the vehicle body frame, and an angular rate sensor that detects an amount of change per unit time of a rotation angle of the vehicle body frame around a rotation axis thereof, the rotation angle changing as the vehicle body frame is rotating around the rotation axis. The posture control actuator device is supported by the vehicle body frame, and is attachable to and detachable from the vehicle body frame. The posture control actuator and the angular rate sensor are not displaceable relative to each other.