An automatic driving vehicle includes a touch panel that displays various buttons. An operator can input a drive control instruction in relation to the automatic driving vehicle, with the buttons displayed on the touch panel. In addition to the touch panel, the automatic driving vehicle includes a mechanical door switch for opening and closing an automatic door and a mechanical ramp switch for extending and retracting an automatic ramp, both being disposed spaced apart from the touch panel.

A system and method of converting a wheelchair ramp system from one of a manual mode or a power mode to the other of a manual mode or a power mode. The wheelchair ramp system includes a bimodal bracket having a common spindle aperture, a common ramp, a common ramp fold arm, and a common fold arm collar. The bimodal bracket supports either a spring for the manual mode or a motor for the power mode. The common spindle aperture accepts a spindle of the spring or a spindle of the motor, each of which is captured by the common fold arm collar. The common ramp fold arm is coupled to the common fold arm collar and to the common ramp. A common stow switch is fixed to a bracket and a position of the bracket is used in both the manual mode and the power mode to adjust a stow position of the ramp.

A ramp assembly for providing passenger access to a passenger vehicle. The ramp assembly includes a ramp having a first ramp plate, a second ramp plate rotatably coupled to the first ramp plate, and a ramp assist assembly. A ramp fold arm is coupled to the ramp assist assembly and to the first ramp plate, wherein the ramp assist assembly directs deployment and retraction of the ramp plate. The link system is connected to the ramp fold arm and to the second ramp plate, wherein the link system includes a slide mechanism coupled to an underside of the second ramp plate. The slide mechanism maintains tension for the link system when deploying and retracting the ramp from the vehicle.

This traveling assistance tool for a wheelchair includes a travel path member including a travel path part on which a wheelchair travels and a reinforcing part for reinforcing the travel path part from below; and end members which are fitted to the ends of the travel path member to introduce a wheelchair onto the travel path part, the reinforcing part being constituted of a plurality of hollow segments arranged in a single line in the crossing direction of the travel path part, where the traveling assistance tool for a wheelchair is characterized in that the end members have: insertion parts which are inserted into ends of the reinforcing parts; and a support part which supports the ends of the reinforcing part from below.

An emergency egress system for a multi-passenger vehicle such as a school bus (10) includes a housing (30) that operatively supports a ramp (34) in movable connection therewith. Opening an emergency exit door (18) of the bus causes a housing door (24) to open and the ramp to move outwardly from a retracted position toward an extended position. Opening the emergency exit door also causes the suspension of the bus to be automatically lowered to place the emergency exit opening (16) closer to the ground (166).

A ramp includes a plate member. The ramp is formed from a carbon fiber-reinforced resin having a longitudinal elastic modulus in the bridging direction of 50+ GPa, and a connecting section that connects the plate member which plate member can be divided into two in a plane perpendicular to the plate member and parallel to the bridging direction. A reinforcement part forms a plurality of hollow segments arranged single file along the bridging direction of the plate member. The cross section shape perpendicular to the direction of extension of the hollow segments is trapezoidal, the height of the trapezoid is 10 to 50 mm, the base angles are 45° to 90°, the width of the plane that contacts the trapezoidal plate member is 100 to 10 mm, and derailment preventing walls connect to portions of plate member side end faces and hollow segment side end faces.

A ramp system for a vehicle includes a control device. Using an obstacle detection device, the control device determines whether an obstacle exists within a ramp extension area. Upon determining that an obstacle exists within the ramp extension area, the control device causes a vehicle to move to a location in which no obstacle exists within the ramp extension area.

A ramp assembly to accommodate a wheel-chaired passenger to enter or exit a motorized vehicle having a conventional floor includes a frame and a ramp. The ramp is slidably coupled to the frame. The ramp assembly further includes a drive block configured to translate longitudinally along the track system. The ramp assembly further includes a wheel pivotally coupled to the ramp. The wheel has a longitudinal axis and is rotatably coupled to the drive block or the frame for rotation about the longitudinal axis to move the ramp between a raised position and a lowered position.

An access ramp system for access between a first and a second object is provided. The second object is elevated with respect to the first object. The system includes: a supporting frame mountable to the first object; a casing box mounted to the supporting frame; a sliding ramp installed to slide inside the casing box; and a deployment mechanism for automatically moving the sliding ramp between a stand-by and a fully deployed position. In the deployed position, a nose of the sliding ramp is raised to a height equal with the second object and is engaged with the second object. In the deployed position, the sliding ramp and casing box extend across a vertical gap and a horizontal gap between the first and second objects. An upper surface of the sliding ramp and casing box defines a support surface for supporting people or objects moving between the first and second objects.

A ramp system is disclosed. The ramp system is configured to move a step disposed in a frame between a ramp closed position and a ramp open position along a moving direction. The ramp system may include a driving device generating driving torque and transmitting the driving torque to the step to move the step along the moving direction, a pair of guide rails extending in the moving direction at both side portions of the frame in a traverse direction perpendicular to the moving direction, a roller rotatably disposed on each guide rail to be movable along each guide rail by rotation of the roller, and a sliding frame connected to one end portion of the step in the moving direction, wherein the step is hingedly connected to the sliding frame, and the roller is rotatably connected to both sides of the sliding frame in the traverse direction.