• DocumentCode
    3422967
  • Title

    Development of all directional powered wheelchair

  • Author

    Masuzawa, Toru ; Nakajima, Yoshiki ; Ikeda, Hinata ; Ikeda, Hinata ; Minami, Shinji

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Osaka City Univ., Osaka
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    3-5 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    It is an important issue to develop an easy and high-performance powered wheelchair for the growing population of elderly people. In this research, a new method of all directional powered wheelchair (PWC) has been designed. The PWC consists of three motors to drive and to change the orientation of the wheels. The function and an experimental model are shown.
  • Keywords
    electric motors; electric vehicles; handicapped aids; motor drives; wheelchairs; all directional powered wheelchair; motors; wheel orientation; Assembly; Batteries; Power engineering and energy; Production; Propulsion; Senior citizens; User interfaces; Vehicles; Wheelchairs; Wheels; all directional; battery driven; man-machine interface; powered wheelchair;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, 2008. VPPC '08. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Harbin
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1848-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1849-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VPPC.2008.4677734
  • Filename
    4677734