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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2022
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Gopinath Raja, Hamamatsu, JP;
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
The electric walking assisting vehicle includes a vehicle body; left and right driving wheels; left and right motors operable to individually transmit power to the left and right driving wheels; gripping parts provided in an upper portion of the vehicle body and can be gripped by a user in a standing and walking posture; an electromagnetic brake for locking the left and right driving wheels or the left and right motors; a forcible release for the electromagnetic brake; an inclination sensor detecting an inclination of the vehicle body; and a control unit controlling the left and right motors, and during stopping of the left and right motors, when the inclination detected by the inclination sensor is less than a predetermined threshold value, the forcible releasing means for the electromagnetic brake is enabled and when the inclination is the predetermined threshold value or more, the forcible releasing means is disabled.