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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2024
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Goto, Saitama, JP;
Tomokazu Sakamoto, Saitama, JP;
Yuta Kimura, Saitama, JP;
Kazumasa Ozaki, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle includes: a vehicle body frame; a drive unit, provided in the vehicle body frame and movable on a road surface; a seat, arranged above the vehicle body frame and supporting buttocks of a user; a lifting device, provided between the vehicle body frame and the seat and lifting or lowering the seat between a low position and a high position; a position specifier, provided in the vehicle body frame and detecting a position of the vehicle; and a control device, controlling the drive unit and the lifting device. The control device includes an inclination specifier that specifies a road surface inclination angle at the position of the vehicle based on a detection result of the position specifier. When the seat is at the low position and a lifting prohibition condition is satisfied, the control device prohibits lifting drive of the lifting device.
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