Wheel Adjusted By Its Own Power Patents (Class 280/47)
  • Patent number: 8068976
    Abstract: A coaxial two-wheel vehicle comprises a detection means that obtains get-on/off information indicating whether an occupant is on the vehicle or not. In the coaxial two-wheel vehicle, a control means performs attitude control by using a control gain set with respect to an occupied state is used if the control means determines that the vehicle is in the occupied state. The control means performs attitude control by using a control gain set with respect to an unoccupied state is used if the control means determines that the vehicle is in the unoccupied state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yusuke Kosaka
  • Patent number: 6293568
    Abstract: A container for a stack of newspapers includes bottom, side, and back walls and a substantially open front to facilitate stacking newspapers in the container, and inspecting the stack for non-paper contaminants. A pair of rotatable wheels on the bottom of the container, and a base on the bottom of the container are adapted to rest on a horizontal supporting surface such as a floor. A pair of inwardly extending lips on the front of the container restrain the stack of papers when the container is tilted and rolled from one location to another. The container bottom slopes downwardly away from the open front of the container, and the back of the container slopes upwardly away from the open front to promote forming a stack which is slightly inclined to vertical when the container rests on the horizontal surface. External means on the container facilitate picking up the container and dumping the stack of papers in a collection truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Inventors: Floyd S. Butterfield, Michael S. O'Keefe
  • Patent number: 4971165
    Abstract: A car height adjusting apparatus for a tractor, which lifts the car body by utilizing the driving power of the tractor and thereby without using a lifting device, such as a jack or a crane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1990
    Assignee: Yanmar Diesel Engine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Yamaguchi, Kiyohide Kikkawa