Patent ID: 8567245
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: B60G,G01P

Abstract:
1. A wheel attachment unit comprising: a rotary encoder whose rotating shaft is connected to a wheel of a vehicle; and a rotary linkage mechanism, attached to a body of the vehicle, for rotatably holding the rotary encoder, with five degrees of rotational freedom, wherein the rotating shaft of the rotary encoder, which rotates with respect to a stator, is connected to the wheel of the vehicle, the wheel attachment unit further comprises a holding tool for holding the stator of the rotary encoder, and a vehicle attachment to be attached and fixed, diagonally upward of an axle of the wheel, to a fender periphery of the body of the vehicle, wherein the rotary linkage mechanism includes a first link and a second link which are rotatably connected at a first rotating joint, and includes a second rotating joint and a third rotating joint, holding the first link and the second link therebetween, for respectively connecting ends of the first link and the second link to the holding tool and the vehicle attachment, and wherein degree of rotational freedom of the first rotating joint, the second rotating joint, and the third rotating joint is totally five degrees of rotational freedom.