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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 16, 2008
Applicants:
Toru Takenaka, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Hirano, Saitama, JP;
Hideharu Izumi, Saitama, JP;
Kazuya Kuwabara, Saitama, JP;
Taiji Koyama, Saitama, JP;
Shinichiro Kobashi, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Toru Takenaka, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Hirano, Saitama, JP;
Hideharu Izumi, Saitama, JP;
Kazuya Kuwabara, Saitama, JP;
Taiji Koyama, Saitama, JP;
Shinichiro Kobashi, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 19/12 (2006.01); B62H 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided is a vehicle that can make tight turns without significantly changing an attitude of a rider, and is highly convenient in narrow places. A omni-directional one-wheeled vehicle comprises a vehicle body () and a secondary wheel () configured to contact a ground surface at a point displaced from a contact point of a driven road wheel ().