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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2006
Shunji Yamanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Furuta, Chiba, JP;
Masaharu Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Yamato, Chiba, JP;
Yu Okumura, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Tawara, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Shimomura, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Endo, Shizuoka, JP;
Shunji Yamanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Furuta, Chiba, JP;
Masaharu Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Yamato, Chiba, JP;
Yu Okumura, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Tawara, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Shimomura, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Endo, Shizuoka, JP;
Chiba Institute of Technology, Chiba, JP;
Leading Edge Design Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A car includes a car body having a bottom portion, a wheel that is rotatable, and a supporting member for supporting the wheel, the supporting member being provided to the bottom portion. At least eight pairs of the wheel and the supporting member are provided. The supporting member has a first supporting portion for supporting the wheel rotatably, a second supporting portion for supporting the first supporting portion so that a direction of the wheel supported by the first supporting portion can be changed, and a turning portion that is rotatable about a rotation axis with its axial direction along a direction orthogonal to the bottom portion, the turning portion being provided to the bottom portion. The turning portion supports the second supporting portion so that a distance between the wheel and the bottom portion can be changed, and a position of the wheel can be moved by a rotation of the turning portion in a state that the distance is maintained.