Patent ID: 8162092

Claim:
A friction drive vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body including a load receiving member for supporting a load acting on the vehicle; a power actuator carried by the vehicle body; a drive member supported by the vehicle body, and configured to be actuated by the power actuator; and a wheel rotatably supported by the vehicle around a wheel center, and configured to be frictionally actuated by the drive member; the load receiving member capable of urging the drive member toward the wheel, wherein the drive member comprises a rotatable member and a plurality of drive rollers each rotatably supported by the rotatable member around an axial line in a skewed relationship to a central axial line of the wheel, and the wheel comprises an annular member disposed substantially coaxially with the rotatable member and a plurality of driven rollers each rotatably supported by the annular member around a tangential line of a part of the annular member rotatably supporting the corresponding driven roller.