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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2010
Dai Nishimura, Tochigi, JP;
Kazutoshi Takada, Tochigi, JP;
Satoshi Kanbayashi, Tochigi, JP;
Muneki Yamada, Tochigi, JP;
Kentaro Suzuki, Tochigi, JP;
Yasuo Watanabe, Tochigi, JP;
Shinichi Kuriyama, Tochigi, JP;
Nobuyoshi Muromoto, Tochigi, JP;
Dai Nishimura, Tochigi, JP;
Kazutoshi Takada, Tochigi, JP;
Satoshi Kanbayashi, Tochigi, JP;
Muneki Yamada, Tochigi, JP;
Kentaro Suzuki, Tochigi, JP;
Yasuo Watanabe, Tochigi, JP;
Shinichi Kuriyama, Tochigi, JP;
Nobuyoshi Muromoto, Tochigi, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle including an energy stocking mechanism having an elastic member connected to the driving wheel of the vehicle so that power of the driving wheel is stocked as elastic force in the elastic member and the stocked elastic force is output as power to the driving wheel, and an output limiter that holds the energy stocking mechanism when the elastic force is stocked in the elastic member and releases the holding of the energy stocking mechanism to output the elastic force when the vehicle starts running. A power stocking source for stocking elastic force into the energy stocking mechanism is installed in the vehicle or a station at which the vehicle stops, and connected to the energy stocking mechanism so that power from the power stocking source is applied to the energy stocking mechanism and stocked as the elastic force in the energy stocking mechanism.