To provide a caster and a small-sized mobility excellent in runnability for instance, at direct advancement and change of direction.SOLUTION: A caster 1 includes: a wheel 4; a wheel support part 5 for rotatably supporting the wheel 4 around its central axis O4; a drive part 6 for rotatably driving the wheel support part 5 together with the wheel 4 around a steering axis O1 parallel to a direction orthogonal to the central axis O4 of the wheel 4; and a switching part 7 for switching the wheel support part 5 between a first state in which the central axis O4 of the wheel 4 is positioned on the steering axis O1, and a second state in which the central axis O4 of the wheel 4 is located in a position away from the steering axis O1.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
【課題】例えば直進時や方向転換時の走行性に優れたキャスタおよび小型モビリティことを目的とする。【解決手段】キャスタ1は、車輪4と、車輪4をその中心軸O4周りに回転可能に支持する車輪支持部5と、車輪支持部5を車輪4ごと、車輪4の中心軸O4方向と直交する方向と平行な転蛇軸O1周りに回転可能に駆動させる駆動部6と、車輪支持部5を、車輪4の中心軸O4が転蛇軸O1上に位置する第1状態と、車輪4の中心軸O4が転蛇軸O1上から外れた位置に位置する第2状態とに切り換える切換部7とを備える。【選択図】図4
CASTER AND SMALL-SIZED MOBILITY
キャスタおよび小型モビリティ
2024-12-26
Patent
Electronic Resource
Japanese
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