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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2010
Keiji Matsumoto, Osaka, JP;
Jun Terashima, Osaka, JP;
Keiji Matsumoto, Osaka, JP;
Jun Terashima, Osaka, JP;
Yanmar, Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle capable of easily translating in an arbitrary direction. A vehicle comprising: wheels composed of two front wheels and two rear wheels; four steering actuators connected to the wheels, respectively, and steering the wheels; four drive actuators connected to the wheels, respectively, and driving the wheels; a joystick () tiltable in an arbitrary direction to perform operation and instructing the operation of the steering actuators; an accelerator pedal () for instructing the operation of the drive actuators; and a controller () which, when the joystick () is tilted, steers the wheels in the direction in which the joystick () is tilted, and when the accelerator pedal () is operated, drives the wheels on the basis of the amount of the operation of the accelerator pedal ().