IP Library Granted Patent US 10,399,598
Granted Patent B2
US 10,399,598 · App. 15/697,128 · Granted Sep 3, 2019

Moving vehicle

Inventors: Kosuke Tanaka (Sakai, JP); Kyosuke Taka (Sakai, JP); Yoshitaka Okahashi (Sakai, JP); Atsushi Higuchi (Sakai, JP); Kiyotaka Hirata (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 10,399,598
App. No.
15/697,128
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A moving vehicle includes a skid-steer electric motor vehicle chassis that is capable of traveling and an optical sensor provided on the electric motor vehicle chassis. The electric motor vehicle chassis includes a chassis body, a plurality of wheels that are provided as pairs of right and left wheels at the front and rear of the chassis body, and a driving unit that individually rotation-drives the pairs of right and left wheels. The optical sensor is disposed, in planar view, at a position nearby an axle line of a pair of right and left wheels on one side of the front and rear. A pair of right and left wheels on the other side of the front and rear is configured of wheels with rollers each having a wheel body and a plurality of rollers provided on an outer circumferential portion of the wheel body.

Claims (51)

1. A moving vehicle comprising:

a skid-steer electric motor vehicle chassis that is capable of traveling; and

an optical sensor provided on the electric motor vehicle chassis,

wherein the electric motor vehicle chassis includes

a chassis body,

a plurality of wheels that are provided as pairs of right and left wheels at the front and rear of the chassis body, and

a driving unit that individually rotation-drives the pairs of right and left wheels,

wherein the optical sensor is disposed, in planar view, at a position nearby an axle line of a pair of right and left wheels on one side of the front and rear, and

wherein a pair of right and left wheels on the other side of the front and rear is configured of wheels with rollers each having a wheel body and a plurality of rollers provided on an outer circumferential portion of the wheel body.

2. The moving vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pair of right and left wheels on the one side of the front and rear each has a wheel body and a tire filled with air that is attached to an outer circumferential portion of the wheel body.

3. The moving vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein outer surfaces of the pair of right and left wheels on the one side of the front and rear and outer surfaces of the pair of right and left wheels on the other side of the front and rear are lined up on a same plane.

4. The moving vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the driving unit has two electric motors that individually rotation-drive the pair of right and left wheels on the one side of the front and rear and a battery that supplies electric power to the two electric motors.

5. The moving vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the chassis body has a lower frame unit having the plurality of wheels and the driving unit, an upper frame unit that is provided above the lower frame unit, and a first vibration absorbing member that is provided between the lower frame unit and the upper frame unit and connects the lower frame unit and the upper frame unit together, and

wherein the optical sensor is provided on the upper frame unit.

6. The moving vehicle according to claim 2 ,

wherein the chassis body has a lower frame unit having the plurality of wheels and the driving unit, an upper frame unit that is provided above the lower frame unit, and a first vibration absorbing member that is provided between the lower frame unit and the upper frame unit and connects the lower frame unit and the upper frame unit together, and

wherein the optical sensor is provided on the upper frame unit.

7. The moving vehicle according to claim 5 , further comprising

a second vibration absorbing member that is disposed between the upper frame unit and the optical sensor and connects the upper frame unit and the optical sensor together.

8. The moving vehicle according to claim 6 , further comprising

a second vibration absorbing member that is disposed between the upper frame unit and the optical sensor and connects the upper frame unit and the optical sensor together.

9. The moving vehicle according to claim 5 , further comprising:

an elevating mechanism that is provided on the upper frame unit and raises and lowers a first optical sensor; and

a second vibration absorbing member that is disposed between the elevating mechanism and the first optical sensor and connects the elevating mechanism and the first optical sensor together.

wherein the optical sensor has the first optical sensor and a second optical sensor, and

wherein the second optical sensor is provided on the upper frame unit.

10. The moving vehicle according to claim 6 , further comprising:

an elevating mechanism that is provided on the upper frame unit and raises and lowers a first optical sensor; and

a second vibration absorbing member that is disposed between the elevating mechanism and the first optical sensor and connects the elevating mechanism and the first optical sensor together,

wherein the optical sensor has the first optical sensor and a second optical sensor, and

wherein the second optical sensor is provided on the upper frame unit.

11. The moving vehicle according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first vibration absorbing member is a helical vibration isolator having a wire wound around in a spiral, and

wherein the second vibration absorbing member is a small-sized rope vibration isolator having a wire wound around in an up-and-down direction, in a right-and-left direction, and in a front-and-rear direction.

12. The moving vehicle according to claim 8 ,

wherein the first vibration absorbing member is a helical vibration isolator having a wire wound around in a spiral, and

wherein the second vibration absorbing member is a small-sized rope vibration isolator having a wire wound around in an up-and-down direction, in a right-and-left direction, and in a front-and-rear direction.

13. The moving vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a left power transmission mechanism that is connected to front and rear wheels on the left; and

a right power transmission mechanism that is connected to front and rear wheels on the right.

14. The moving vehicle according to claim 7 ,

wherein a distance between axles of front and rear wheels are configured so as to be shorter than a car body width of the electric motor vehicle chassis in a right-and-left direction.

15. The moving vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the optical sensor is disposed, in planar view, between the axle line of the pair of right and left wheels on the one side of the front and rear and an end portion of the electric motor vehicle chassis on a side of the axle line in a front-and-rear direction.

16. The moving vehicle according to claim 4 ,

wherein the driving unit further includes two gear boxes provided between the pair of right and left wheels on the one side of the front and rear and the two electric motors, and

wherein the two electric motors are disposed, in planar view, closer to a middle side in a right-and-left direction than the two gear boxes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2017
From: TANAKA, KOSUKE; TAKA, KYOSUKE; OKAHASHI, YOSHITAKA; HIGUCHI, ATSUSHI; HIRATA, KIYOTAKA
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2016-173815 · Sep 6, 2016 · national
JP 2017-101932 · May 23, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180065242A1 · Mar 8, 2018