Inverted pendulum vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsRyosuke Itai, Seiji Kato
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Abstract
An inverted pendulum vehicle (10) comprises a main wheel (14) configured to be driven under an inverted pendulum control, a vehicle body frame (30) supporting the main wheel, an outer shell (12) covering the vehicle body frame, and a seat (16) mounted on the vehicle body frame in a vertically adjustable manner for seating a rider of the vehicle, wherein the seat is provided with an extension (92) extending downward therefrom along a front side of the outer shell, and the vehicle body frame is provided with a projection (102) projecting forward from the vehicle body frame and passed through a front part of the outer shell, the projection being provided with a free end configured to contact a rear side of the extension.
Claims7
An inverted pendulum vehicle, comprising:
- a main wheel configured to be driven under an inverted pendulum control;
- a vehicle body frame supporting the main wheel;
- an outer shell covering the vehicle body frame;
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- a seat mounted on the vehicle body frame in a vertically adjustable manner for seating a rider of the vehicle;
- wherein the seat is provided with an extension extending downward therefrom along a front side of the outer shell, and the vehicle body frame is provided with a projection projecting forward from the vehicle body frame and passed through a front part of the outer shell, the projection being provided with a free end configured to contact or oppose with a certain gap a rear side of the extension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.