COMPACT VEHICLE

• Main Authors: KURATA YASUHIRO, INO TOMOKO, TSUNASHIMA KOSUKE, TAMURA SATOSHI, INUI HIDEJIRO, KAWASAKI MASAAKI, INOUE YUTO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 12.06.2024
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES PECULIAR TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR,e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS, CYCLE PROTECTORS; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

To provide a compact vehicle including a throttle pedal which can be easily operated regardless of a physique of a rider.SOLUTION: A compact vehicle (1) comprises a throttle pedal (30) which is operated by a foot of a rider (R). The compact vehicle (1) has a foot placement part (12) on which the feet of the rider (R) are placed. The throttle pedal (30) is disposed at a position rearward of the foot placement part (12). The throttle pedal (30) is configured so as to be operated by a heel of the foot of the rider (R). The throttle pedal (30) is located further to the rear than a front end section (6a) of a seat (6) of the compact vehicle (1) in a vehicle body plan view. The foot placement part (12) is formed as a low floor formed in a wide floor shape.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】運転者の体格にかかわらず操作がしやすいスロットルペダルを備えた小型車両を提供する。【解決手段】運転者（Ｒ）が足で操作するスロットルペダル（３０）を備える小型車両（１）において、前記小型車両（１）は、前記運転者（Ｒ）の足を載せる足載せ部（１２）を備える。前記スロットルペダル（３０）は、前記足載せ部（１２）の後方寄りの位置に配設される。前記スロットルペダル（３０）は、前記運転者（Ｒ）の足のかかとで操作するように構成されている。前記スロットルペダル（３０）は、車体平面視で、前記小型車両（１）のシート（６）の前端部（６ａ）より後方に位置する。前記足載せ部（１２）は、幅広の床状に形成される低床フロアとされる。【選択図】図２