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Vehicle with driver's seat with adjustable inclination

US8061755B2 · kind B2 · utility

12Cited by

28References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Otto Bock Healthcare LP · DE

Inventors

Thomas Brendel · Treuchtlingen, DE
Andreas Biederstaedt · Stralsund, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 16, 2005
Grant date	Nov 22, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 8, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61G2203/42
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle, in particular electric wheelchair, having a chassis and a driver's seat which is fastened thereto and can be set in its inclination with respect to the chassis. The vehicle includes an inclination sensor which determines the angular position (α) of the seat surface of the driver's seat with respect to the horizontal (H), an adjusting device which is connected to the chassis and to the driver's seat, and a control and regulating device which is operatively connected to the inclination sensor and the adjusting device and via which the driver's seat can be pivoted by the adjusting device in such a manner that its seat surface is always situated essentially parallel to the horizontal (H).

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