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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
May. 18, 2001
Hiroyasu Oshima, Ishikawa, JP;
Yutaka Komeno, Ishikawa, JP;
Tutomu Yamazaki, Ishikawa, JP;
Masaaki Takase, Ishikawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Yoshida, Ishikawa, JP;
Yuuji Taniguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Ishikawa, JP;
Abstract
An electric vehicle has two driving operation blocks with the same appearance that are provided at both the front and rear ends of the body of the vehicle symmetrically around a point. The vehicle employs a collapsible driver's seat. The vehicle has four driving and steering blocks. Each of the driving and steering blocks contains a wheel, a drive motor that rotates the wheel and a steering gear motor that changes the direction of the wheel. A service floor of the vehicle does not have a wall and a floor height is extremely low for easy access by a senior citizen or a person in a wheel chair.