INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE VEHICLE

摘要

To suppress the height of a vehicle body frame of an inverted pendulum type vehicle in consideration of mounting and dismounting the vehicle. Left and right drive units are disposed so as to be juxtaposed in the left-right direction at same-height positions higher than a main wheel. The left and right drive units and a battery pack are disposed so as to be juxtaposed in front and behind a vehicle body frame.

主权项

1. An inverted pendulum vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body frame; a main wheel including a plurality of freely-rotatable driven rollers wherein a rotational axis lines of the driven rollers form an annular shape; a pair of left and right drive disks rotatably supported by the vehicle body frame and located on both left and right sides of the main wheel and to which a plurality of drive rollers disposed in contact with the driven rollers are rotatably freely attached; a pair of left and right drive units attached to the vehicle body frame for rotationally driving the left and right drive disks individually under inverted pendulum control; and a battery attached to the vehicle body frame for supplying electric power to the pair of drive units; a rider riding on the inverted pendulum type vehicle in such a manner so as to straddle the main wheel in a left-right direction; wherein the pair of drive units are disposed so as to be juxtaposed in the left-right direction at same-height positions higher than the main wheel; and the pair of drive units and the battery are disposed so as to be juxtaposed in front and behind of the vehicle body frame.