Dismount controls for one-wheeled vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US12194860B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-14

    申请号:US18172221

    申请日:2023-02-21

    Abstract: A control system for a tiltable vehicle may include a motor controller configured to respond to backward or reverse operation of the vehicle by hindering a responsiveness of the control system (e.g., proportionally) and/or eventually disengaging a drive motor of the vehicle. Accordingly, a user may intuitively and safely dismount the vehicle by selectively commanding reverse operation. In some examples, the backward direction may be user-defined.

    Self-stabilizing skateboard
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12161930B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-10

    申请号:US18434478

    申请日:2024-02-06

    Abstract: A self-propelled, one-wheeled vehicle may include a board having two deck portions each having a concave front footpad configured to receive a foot of a rider, and a wheel assembly disposed between the deck portions. The concave front footpad has a rider detection sensor in the form of a membrane switch conforming to the shape of the footpad (e.g., facilitated by one or more slots formed in the membrane switch). A motor assembly drives the vehicle in response to board orientation and rider detection information.

    Electric vehicle front
    4.
    外观设计

    公开(公告)号:USD999860S1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-26

    申请号:US29811743

    申请日:2021-10-15

    Abstract: FIG. 1 is a top, front, and right side perspective view of the new design for an electric vehicle front, showing an illustration of use on the bottom of an electric vehicle;
    FIG. 2 is another top, front, and right side perspective view thereof, with the exemplary electric vehicle removed for clarity of details;
    FIG. 3 is a top, rear, and right side perspective view thereof;
    FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;
    FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;
    FIG. 6 is a front view thereof;
    FIG. 7 is a rear view thereof;
    FIG. 8 is a top view thereof; and,
    FIG. 9 is a bottom view thereof.
    The broken lines shown in the drawings illustrate environment and portions of the electric vehicle front that form no part of the claimed design.
    The shading lines shown in the drawings represent the approximate three-dimensional contour of the design, and are not intended to indicate surface decoration.

    Self-balancing systems for electric vehicles

    公开(公告)号:US11479311B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US16736685

    申请日:2020-01-07

    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a lateral self-stabilization system and may further include a fore-aft self-stabilization system. The lateral self-stabilization system may include a controller configured to cause an actuator to laterally tilt a frame of the vehicle based on sensed information relating to an orientation of the vehicle, or portion thereof, about a roll axis. The frame of the vehicle may include any suitable structure configured to be laterally tilted by the actuator relative to an axle of the vehicle. The fore-aft stabilization system may include a motor controller configured to drive a motor of the vehicle based on sensed information relating to a pitch angle of the vehicle. In some examples, the vehicle is a robotic vehicle.

    Self-stabilizing skateboard
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10786726B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-29

    申请号:US16664977

    申请日:2019-10-28

    Abstract: A self-stabilizing, one-wheeled electric skateboard may include improved features. In some examples, the vehicle includes a status indicator viewable through a slot formed in an upper surface of the board. In some examples, the vehicle includes a convertible carrying handle transitionable between stowed and deployed positions. In some examples, the vehicle includes an interchangeable fender and fender substitute that may be removably coupled to an upper surface of the board. In some examples, a motor controller of the vehicle may operate a field-oriented control (FOC) scheme configured to control the electric motor by manipulating a direct current aligned with a rotating rotor flux angle and a quadrature current defined at ninety degrees from the rotating rotor flux angle. In some examples, the motor controller may be configured to permit intuitive dismounting of the vehicle by tilting and/or moving the vehicle backward.

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