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公开(公告)号:US10723403B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-28
申请号:US15911171
申请日:2018-03-05
Applicant: Shane Chen
Inventor: Shane Chen
Abstract: A scooter front end and a scooter device incorporating the front end. The front end may be releasably coupled to an auto-balancing drive wheel unit such as a Solowheel or Iota device. The scooter front end may serve as a training aid, or allow faster speeds or the carrying of goods, etc. The front end may include an ascending control structure that is used to steer the device. A support frame may extend rearwardly from a steerable wheel and provide a mechanism for releasable coupling to the auto-balancing drive wheel unit. Various embodiments for the scooter front end and drive wheel units are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20190351964A1
公开(公告)日:2019-11-21
申请号:US16283733
申请日:2019-02-22
Applicant: Shane Chen
Inventor: Shane Chen
Abstract: A central wheel structure transportation device with fore-aft auto-balancing. The auto-balancing is selective enabled (and disable) to improve rider experience, safety and ease of mounting and use. In one embodiment, during mounting, auto-balancing is not enabled until the lateral tilt angle of the device is below a given threshold. Fore-aft sensors, lateral tilt sensors, foot presence sensors, and/or accelerometers, or the like, may be used in various combinations to affect device operation and performance.
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公开(公告)号:US10322766B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-18
申请号:US15462778
申请日:2017-03-17
Applicant: Shane Chen
Inventor: Shane Chen
Abstract: A self-balancing transportation device having improved shock absorbing ability and operation. Several embodiments are disclosed including a single wheel or wheel structure device with foot platforms disposed for angular movement about an axis of rotation that is non-collinear with the axis of rotation of the drive wheel. Single and multiple wheel devices are disclosed as well as devices having independently movable foot platforms, and devices having load platforms that rotate independently and are movable longitudinally with respect to one another, among other embodiments.
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公开(公告)号:US20180257512A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-13
申请号:US15902380
申请日:2018-02-22
Applicant: Shane Chen
Inventor: Shane Chen
CPC classification number: B60L15/2036 , B60L2200/16 , B60L2220/42 , B60L2220/44 , B60L2220/46 , B60L2240/16 , B60L2240/20 , B60L2240/461 , B62J25/00 , B62K11/007 , B62K2015/003 , Y02T10/646 , Y02T10/7275
Abstract: An auto-balancing transportation device having first and second wheels that are independently drivable. The device includes foot platforms, a control circuit and sensors. Device control is preferably achieved through the position or weight distribution of a rider's feet. The wheels may be arranged in parallel or non-parallel and the foot platforms may be located on the interior are exterior side of the wheels. The wheels may be coupled to one another in a manner that affords tilting, thereby increasing stability when executing a turn, among other benefits. Various embodiments and features are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20180221753A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-09
申请号:US15007200
申请日:2016-01-26
Applicant: Shane Chen
Inventor: Shane Chen
CPC classification number: A63C17/0033 , A63C17/012 , A63C17/016 , A63C17/223
Abstract: A wheeled board device with forward and rearward in-line wheel structures attached to a user platform. The forward wheel may have a forward tilt axle or be otherwise direction-biased to permit lean-based turning. The rear wheel may be singular or comprise two tires or the like and be motorized or not. The wheels are preferably large to more readily handle surface irregularities. A self-balancing wheelie mode is disclosed in one embodiment. Other embodiments include placement of the forward tilt axle within or without the envelope of the front wheel. The user platform is below the top of the rear wheel and preferably near the axis of the rear wheel, among other features.
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公开(公告)号:US10040503B2
公开(公告)日:2018-08-07
申请号:US15406779
申请日:2017-01-15
Applicant: Shane Chen
Inventor: Shane Chen
Abstract: Foot placement sensor and self-balancing vehicles having same. The foot placement sensor may be configured in or with a self-balancing transportation device that has a least a first foot platform. The sensor may include an emitter of electromagnetic radiation (or other suitable signal) that is propagated, at least in part, over a portion of the foot platform and a receptor positioned to receive this emission. Interruption of the emitted radiation at the receptor may indicate the presence of a user's foot at the platform. One suitable emission type is infrared light, among other suitable types. Various embodiments are disclosed including in two-wheel, one-wheel and paired-wheel self-balancing vehicles.
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公开(公告)号:USRE46964E1
公开(公告)日:2018-07-24
申请号:US15165654
申请日:2016-05-26
Applicant: Shane Chen
Inventor: Shane Chen
IPC: B62K11/00
CPC classification number: B62K3/007 , B60L15/20 , B60L2200/16 , B60L2260/34 , B62K11/007 , Y02T10/645 , Y02T10/72 , Y02T10/7275
Abstract: A two-wheel, self-balancing personal vehicle having independently movable foot placement sections. The foot placement sections have an associated wheel, sensor and motor and are independently self-balancing which gives the user independent control over the movement of each platform section by the magnitude and direction of tilt a user induces in a given platform section. Various embodiments are disclosed including those with a continuous housing, discrete platform sections and/or tapering platform sections.
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公开(公告)号:US20180154973A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-07
申请号:US15829871
申请日:2017-12-01
Applicant: Shane Chen
Inventor: Shane Chen
CPC classification number: B62K11/007 , B62H1/12 , B62K1/00
Abstract: A training aid to teach balancing skills for a central wheel structure auto-balancing device and an auto-balancing device having same. The training aids may be variously configured and may be releasably or fixedly coupled to the foot platforms of the auto-balancing device. Disclosed embodiments include various ground contact members and various support structures that hold the ground contacting members. The training aids may be compressive and/or offer ground resistance. The height of the aids, their compressive strength and/or their resistance, among other features, may be adjusted.
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公开(公告)号:US20180099720A1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-12
申请号:US15289191
申请日:2016-10-09
Applicant: Shane Chen
Inventor: Shane Chen
CPC classification number: B62K11/007 , B60C23/001 , B60C23/002 , B60C29/007 , B60C2003/005 , B60C2200/10 , B62K1/00
Abstract: A fore-aft self-balancing personal transportation device having a single wheel structure with multiple air chambers and air pressure equalization between the air chambers. Embodiments include dual tires on a single rim structure, or a single tire structure with multiple lobes, etc. Air passage between the air chambers may be internal through the rim or external via an air hose or related structure. The air chambers may be tubed or tubeless. Several different embodiments are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20180065030A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-08
申请号:US15256504
申请日:2016-09-02
Applicant: Shane Chen
Inventor: Shane Chen
CPC classification number: A63C17/045 , A63C17/0033 , A63C17/0093 , A63C17/016 , A63C17/064 , A63C17/265 , A63C2203/10
Abstract: A personal transportation device having first and second elongated foot support member that are arranged substantially in parallel and approximate to some extent the experience of skiing. The lateral distance of the foot support members may be adjusted. Biased-direction caster wheels may be provided that permit propulsion from side to side movement as well as kicking off and other propulsion techniques. Tiltable steering assemblies are disclosed that may impart a tilting of a front wheel to achieve turning. Various embodiments are disclosed.
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