PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle for assisting in ascending and descending stairs capable of being installed in a general house of a person for whom it is difficult to bend and unbend his/her knees.SOLUTION: The vehicle for assisting in ascending and descending stairs includes: a foot stool 10 and a foot stool control lever 2 at a boarding cage 1 on which a person is to board casters 8 at an upper part of a back surface of the boarding cage 1 geared motors an inclination sensor for detecting levelness of the boarding cage 1 multiple rollers for freely rotating provided at a boarding cage support table 3 a wire winding drum and a boarding cage moving gear for moving the boarding cage 1 placed thereon from side to side and automatically adjusting the center of gravity two wheels with flanges having tooth form for moving the boarding cage 1 and a suspending machine a sensor box for sensing a stop position and automatically switching a moving direction a battery an electronic circuit board for controlling movement and a rail having tooth form to be laid on stairs and two rails to be laid on flat places.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】膝の曲げ伸ばしが困難な人の一般家屋に施設できる階段昇降補助車。【解決手段】階段昇降補助車は、人が搭乗する搭乗籠1に踏み台10と、踏み台操作レバー2と、搭乗籠1の背面上部にキャスタ8、ギャードモータと、搭乗籠1の水平度を検知する傾斜センサと、搭乗籠支え台3には自由に回転する複数のローラが配設されて、上に載せる搭乗籠1を左右に移動させて重心を自動的に調節するワイヤー巻き取りドラムと搭乗籠移動歯車と、搭乗籠1及び懸垂機を移動させる歯形を施した2個のフランジ付き車輪と、停止位置を感知し且つ移動方向を自動的に切り変えるセンサ箱と、電池と動作を制御する電子回路基板と、階段に敷設する歯形を施したレールと平らな場所に敷設する2本のレールで構成されている。【選択図】図1