Utility vehicle with deployable platform
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsRicky Jukuei Hsu, Yimeng Li
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Abstract
The disclosure provides an electric utility vehicle with detachable platform. The electric utility vehicle may include a load platform supported on a chassis including at least two electrically driven wheels. The detachable platform may be removeably coupled to the load platform. The detachable platform may include a central hub including a top surface. The detachable platform may include three legs coupled to the central hub, each leg including an actuator configured to extend the respective leg to a ground surface while the detachable platform is coupled to the load platform. The detachable platform may include a controller configured to coordinate the actuators to control an orientation of the top surface.
Claims18
An electric utility vehicle comprising:
- a load platform supported on a chassis including at least two extendable legs supporting the load platform on at least two electrically driven wheels;
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- a detachable platform removeably coupled to the load platform, wherein the detachable platform comprises:
- a central hub including a top surface;
- three legs coupled to the central hub, each leg configured to extend the respective leg to a ground surface while the detachable platform is coupled to the load platform;
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- a controller configured to coordinate the three legs to control an orientation of the top surface, wherein the controller is configured to periodically control one or more of the legs based on input from one or more sensors to bring the top surface to a desired orientation.
An electric utility vehicle comprising:
- a load platform supported on a chassis including at least two extendable legs supporting the load platform on at least two wheels, wherein the at least two extendable legs each include a suspension pivot configured to rotate a respective leg in a downward direction;
- a motor located within a respective wheel of each of the at least two wheels;
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- a controller configured to individually drive each of the at least two wheels at different speeds to turn the electric utility vehicle without mechanical steering of the wheels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.