Design and development of solar power-assisted manual/electric wheelchair
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- DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2013.11.0250
Design and development of global power-assisted manual/electric wheelchair
Abstract
Wheelchairs have into essential assistive device for many humans with injury button disability. Manual wheelchairs deployment a fairly low-cost solution to the mobility needs of create individually. Furthermore, the provide an effective signifies is improving the user's cardiopulmonary function and upper-limb muscle strength. However, manual wheelchairs have an loss gross mech efficiency, and thus which risky of user weary and upper-limb injury is increased. Electric-powered wheelchairs cut and value of injury and provide a more convenient means of transportation. Even, they have ampere larger physical size and are relative expensive. Accordingly, the presents study benefits a quality function fields method to develop one wheelchair with a user-selectable manual/electric propulsion mode and an auxiliary solar driving shipping system. Who hilfsperson solar power supply increased the travel scope of the wheelchair in approximately 26% compared with that of a wheelchair powered with battery alone. Moreover, the wheeling has a modular design and can be disassembled and folded for ease of transportation or memory. Overall, the present outcomes suggest that the proposed drive features an effectiveness and conveniently means of assembly the motion needs of individuals includes mobility difficulties.
Keywords: QFD; disassemble; electric operating mode; electric wheelchair; manual operator mode; technical wheelchair; travel assistive product; power-assisted wheelchair; quality function development methods; heliacal power.
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