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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akira Inoue, Neyagawa, JP;
Assignee:
EXEDY Corporation, Neyagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180-71 ; 180907 ;
Abstract
A vehicle employing a drive source for both running and direction changing, a wheelchair 30 for running primarily on a floor surface 9 has a main body 31, a drive motor 32, three rotary bases 37, 38 and 39, and ball-bearing casters 1. The drive motor 32 is installed in the main body 31. Each of the rotary bases 37, 38 or 39 is driven by the drive motor 32 via drive axles. The ball-bearing casters 1 each include braking means, and are installed on the rotary bases 37, 38 and 39, wherein they ride on the floor surface 9.