Patent ID: 8567537
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: B60L,B62J,B62K,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An inverted pendulum type vehicle having a hollow shell frame having a prescribed shape, the hollow shell frame including a lower frame and an upper frame detachably joined to an upper end of the lower frame, the lower and upper frames each defining a hollow interior, comprising: a drive unit incorporated in the lower frame; a battery unit received in the upper frame and configured to supply electric power to the drive unit, wherein the hollow shell frame comprises a hollow interior defined by the upper frame and the lower frame when the upper frame and the lower frame are attached to one another, a single wheel is disposed in the hollow interior, and the upper frame is provided with a load supporting member; and an electric unit for controlling supply of electric power from the battery unit to the drive unit, the electric unit being supported by at least one of the upper and lower frames and located in a part substantially intermediate between the battery unit and the drive unit and a load sensor provided in the electric unit for detecting a load acting upon the load supporting member and transmitted thereto via at least a part of the upper frame.