TRAVELLING VEHICLE

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TRAVELLING VEHICLE

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ITO HIROKAZU / KOIKE KAZUO / TOGOSHI YOSHIKAZU

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a travelling vehicle configured to drive a pair of left and right driving wheels independently from each other, which has excellent operability.SOLUTION: The travelling vehicle is provided with: a travelling machine body 10 supported by a pair of a left driving wheel 30L and a right driving wheel 30R; a pair of a left motor 22L and a right motor 22R that are connected to the driving wheel 30L and the driving wheel 30R respectively and drive the driving wheel 30L and the driving wheel 30R independently from each other; a riding portion 40, arranged behind the travelling machine body 10 and connected to the travelling machine body 10, on which an operator can ride; a handle connected to the travelling machine body 10 to be laterally oscillatable; a plurality of load sensors that detect back-and forth movement of body weight of the operator riding on the riding portion 40; a rotary angle sensor 80 that detects lateral oscillating operation amounts of the handle; and a control portion 24a that controls operation of the left motor 22L and the right motor 22R on the basis of the detection value by the plurality of load sensors and the rotary angle sensor 80.

【課題】左右一対の駆動輪をそれぞれ独立して駆動させる走行車両において、操作性に優れた走行車両を提供する。【解決手段】左右一対の駆動輪３０Ｌ及び駆動輪３０Ｒによって支持される走行機体１０と、駆動輪３０Ｌ及び駆動輪３０Ｒにそれぞれ連結され、駆動輪３０Ｌ及び駆動輪３０Ｒをそれぞれ独立して駆動させる左右一対の左側モータ２２Ｌ及び右側モータ２２Ｒと、走行機体１０の後方に配置されると共に当該走行機体１０に連結され、作業者が搭乗可能な搭乗部４０と、走行機体１０に対して左右に揺動可能に連結されるハンドルと、搭乗部４０に搭乗した作業者の前後への体重移動を検出する複数の荷重センサと、前記ハンドルの左右への揺動操作量を検出する回転角センサ８０と、前記複数の荷重センサ及び回転角センサ８０による検出値に基づいて、左側モータ２２Ｌ及び右側モータ２２Ｒの動作を制御する制御部２４ａと、を具備した。【選択図】図１３