Patent ID: 9592875
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B23K,B60L,B62K

Claim:
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, and a 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.