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Improvement of Ride Quality of a Wheelchair When it Passes over Small Steps
Masaru Higuchi*, Tomonori Shinagawa**, Hirohiko Ito*,
Yukio Takeda*, and Koichi Sugimoto*
*Department of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
**Paramount Bed Co., LTD., 2078 Shirahata, Sammu-city, Chiba 289-1306, Japan
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