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Inverted vehicle

  • US 9,592,875 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2013
  • Issued: 03/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An inverted vehicle comprising:

  • a wheel;

    a base that holds the wheel so as to be able to drive the wheel;

    a step cover on which a rider rides, the step cover being connected to an upper portion of the base;

    an elastic element that is connected to the upper portion of the base and elastically supports the step cover;

    a detection portion that is provided between the base and the step cover and detects a pressing force applied from the step cover when the rider is riding on the inverted vehicle and the elastic element is elastically deformed to thereby depress the step cover;

    a control portion that drives the wheel and performs an inverted control based on the detection of the pressing force by the detection portion;

    wherein the step cover is connected to the base with a hinge, anda dust-proof portion attached to the upper surface of the base in such a manner that the dust-proof portion is located between the base and the step cover on an opening/closing side of blade portions of the hinge,wherein at least a part of the dust-proof portion is formed of an elastic body so that when the step cover is not depressed, an upper surface of the dust-proof portion contacts a lower surface of the step cover, and when the step cover is depressed, the dust-proof portion is elastically deformed while maintaining the contact with the lower surface of the step cover.

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