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公开(公告)号:US07779939B2
公开(公告)日:2010-08-24
申请号:US11926606
申请日:2007-10-29
申请人: Dean L. Kamen , Burl Amsbury , J. Douglas Field , Christopher C. Langenfeld , John B. Morrell , Jonathan B. Pompa , Jon M. Stevens , Jeremy B. Lund
发明人: Dean L. Kamen , Burl Amsbury , J. Douglas Field , Christopher C. Langenfeld , John B. Morrell , Jonathan B. Pompa , Jon M. Stevens , Jeremy B. Lund
IPC分类号: B62D61/12
CPC分类号: B62K17/00 , A61G5/085 , A61G5/0891 , B60K7/00 , B60L11/1803 , B62D37/00 , B62D51/02 , B62D57/00 , B62D61/00 , B62K11/007 , Y02T10/7005
摘要: A method for conducting the motion of a transporter under riderless conditions. The transporter has two laterally disposed primary wheels. In accordance with the method, an input is received via a user input disposed on the transporter and a control signal corresponding to the input received is generated. Then a torque is applied to the laterally disposed wheels so as propel the transporter on the basis of at least the control signal.The control signal may correspond to either a commanded torque or to a commanded transporter velocity. The torque may include coadded terms where the terms are, respectively, proportional to the control signal, to a counteracting artificial friction proportional to the common velocity of the wheels, and a term proportional to the differential rotation of the wheels to facilitate turning of the transporter.
摘要翻译: 一种在无人驾驶的条件下进行运输的运动的方法。 运输车具有两个横向设置的主轮。 根据该方法,经由设置在运送器上的用户输入接收输入,并且生成与所接收的输入相对应的控制信号。 然后将扭矩施加到横向设置的轮上,以便至少基于控制信号推进运输机。 控制信号可以对应于指令转矩或命令运输速度。 扭矩可以包括这些术语分别与控制信号成比例的与齿轮的共同速度成比例的反作用人造摩擦的加法术语,以及与车轮的差速旋转成比例的术语,以便于转运器的转动 。
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公开(公告)号:US07690447B2
公开(公告)日:2010-04-06
申请号:US11852767
申请日:2007-09-10
申请人: Dean L. Kamen , Robert R. Ambrogi , Robert J. Duggan , J. Douglas Field , Richard Kurt Heinzmann , William Lambrechts , Matt McCambridge , Christopher Perry , Mark E. Tellam
发明人: Dean L. Kamen , Robert R. Ambrogi , Robert J. Duggan , J. Douglas Field , Richard Kurt Heinzmann , William Lambrechts , Matt McCambridge , Christopher Perry , Mark E. Tellam
IPC分类号: B62D61/00
CPC分类号: B62D37/00 , A61G5/0891 , B62D61/00 , B62K1/00 , B62K11/007
摘要: A device for transporting a human subject over a surface. The device is a dynamically balancing vehicle having a control loop for providing balance. The device includes a platform defining a fore-aft plane. The platform supports a payload including the human subject. A ground contacting module is included which may include one or more wheels. A ground-contacting member is movably coupled to the platform. The platform and the ground-contacting module form an assembly having a center of gravity that is defined with respect to the ground-contacting member and which includes any loads on the device. The device further includes a support. The support may be a seat for supporting the subject and the support is coupled to the platform in such a manner as to permit variation of the position of the center of gravity in the fore-aft plane by translation and rotation of at least a portion of the support. In one embodiment, translation and rotation of the seat of the device are mechanically coupled together.
摘要翻译: 用于在表面上运送人类受试者的装置。 该装置是具有用于提供平衡的控制回路的动态平衡车辆。 该装置包括限定前翼面的平台。 该平台支持包括人类受试者的有效载荷。 包括地面接触模块,其可以包括一个或多个车轮。 地面接触构件可移动地联接到平台。 平台和地面接触模块形成具有相对于地面接触构件限定的重心的组件,并且其包括装置上的任何载荷。 该装置还包括支撑件。 支撑件可以是用于支撑被检体的座位,并且支撑件以允许通过平移和旋转至少一部分的平移和旋转来改变前后平面中的重心位置的方式联接到平台 支撑。 在一个实施例中,装置的座的平移和旋转被机械耦合在一起。
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公开(公告)号:US07370713B1
公开(公告)日:2008-05-13
申请号:US09325976
申请日:1999-06-04
申请人: Dean L. Kamen
发明人: Dean L. Kamen
IPC分类号: B62D61/12
CPC分类号: B62D57/00 , A63C17/12 , B60K7/00 , B60L15/2036 , B60L2200/14 , B60L2200/16 , B60L2200/22 , B60L2220/46 , B60L2240/22 , B60L2240/423 , B60L2240/461 , B62K11/007 , Y02T10/645 , Y02T10/72 , Y02T10/7275 , Y10S180/907
摘要: A class of transportation vehicles for carrying an individual over ground having a surface that may be irregular. This embodiment has a motorized drive, mounted to the ground-contacting module that causes operation of the vehicle in an operating position that is unstable with respect to tipping when the motorized drive arrangement is not powered.
摘要翻译: 一类运输车辆,用于携带具有可能不规则的表面的地面上的个体。 该实施例具有电动驱动器,安装到接地模块,其使得当电动驱动装置未被供电时车辆的操作在相对于倾翻不稳定的操作位置。
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公开(公告)号:US07004271B1
公开(公告)日:2006-02-28
申请号:US10436889
申请日:2003-05-13
申请人: Dean L. Kamen , Robert R. Ambrogi , Robert J. Duggan , J. Douglas Field , Richard Kurt Heinzmann , William Lambrechts , Matt McCambridge , Christopher Perry , Mark E. Tellam
发明人: Dean L. Kamen , Robert R. Ambrogi , Robert J. Duggan , J. Douglas Field , Richard Kurt Heinzmann , William Lambrechts , Matt McCambridge , Christopher Perry , Mark E. Tellam
IPC分类号: B62D61/00
CPC分类号: B62D37/00 , A61G5/0891 , B62D61/00 , B62K1/00 , B62K11/007
摘要: A device for transporting a human subject over a surface. The device is a dynamically balancing vehicle having a control loop for providing balance. The device includes a platform defining a fore-aft plane. The platform supports a payload including the human subject. A ground contacting module is included which may include one or more wheels. A ground-contacting member is movably coupled to the platform. The platform and the ground-contacting module form an assembly having a center of gravity that is defined with respect to the ground-contacting member and which includes any loads on the device. The device further includes a support. The support may be a seat for supporting the subject and the support is coupled to the platform in such a manner as to permit variation of the position of the center of gravity in the fore-aft plane by translation and rotation of at least a portion of the support. In one embodiment, translation and rotation of the seat of the device are mechanically coupled together.
摘要翻译: 用于在表面上运送人类受试者的装置。 该装置是具有用于提供平衡的控制回路的动态平衡车辆。 该装置包括限定前翼面的平台。 该平台支持包括人类受试者的有效载荷。 包括地面接触模块,其可以包括一个或多个车轮。 地面接触构件可移动地联接到平台。 平台和地面接触模块形成具有相对于地面接触构件限定的重心的组件,并且其包括装置上的任何载荷。 该装置还包括支撑件。 支撑件可以是用于支撑被检体的座位,并且支撑件以允许通过平移和旋转至少一部分的平移和旋转来改变前后平面中的重心位置的方式联接到平台 支撑。 在一个实施例中,装置的座的平移和旋转被机械耦合在一起。
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公开(公告)号:US06966182B2
公开(公告)日:2005-11-22
申请号:US10753918
申请日:2004-01-07
申请人: Dean L. Kamen , Thomas Q. Gurski , Christopher C. Langenfeld , Ryan Keith LaRocque , Michael Norris , Kingston Owens , Jonathan Strimling
发明人: Dean L. Kamen , Thomas Q. Gurski , Christopher C. Langenfeld , Ryan Keith LaRocque , Michael Norris , Kingston Owens , Jonathan Strimling
IPC分类号: F02G1/043 , F02G1/044 , F02G1/055 , F02G1/057 , F16H21/30 , F28F1/12 , F28F1/36 , F28F3/02 , F01B29/10
CPC分类号: F02G1/043 , F02G1/044 , F02G1/055 , F02G1/057 , F02G2243/02 , F02G2243/04 , F02G2243/30 , F02G2244/00 , F02G2270/425 , F16H21/30 , F28F1/124 , F28F1/36 , F28F3/022
摘要: A thermal cycle engine having a heat exchanger for transferring thermal energy across the heater head from a heated external fluid to the working fluid. The heat exchanger has a set of heat transfer pins each having an axis directed away from the cylindrical wall of the expansion cylinder. The height and density of the heat transfer pins may vary with distance in the direction of the flow path, and the pin structure may be fabricated by stacking perforated rings in contact with a heater head. Ribs are provided interior to the heater head to enhance hoop strength and thermal transfer.
摘要翻译: 一种具有热交换器的热循环发动机,用于将加热器头上的热能从加热的外部流体传递到工作流体。 热交换器具有一组传热销,每个传热销具有远离膨胀缸的圆筒壁的轴线。 传热销的高度和密度可以随着流动方向的距离而变化,并且销结构可以通过堆叠与加热器头接触的穿孔环来制造。 肋部设置在加热器头部的内部以增强箍强度和热传递。
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公开(公告)号:US06862883B2
公开(公告)日:2005-03-08
申请号:US10612185
申请日:2003-07-02
IPC分类号: F02G1/043 , F02G1/044 , F02G1/055 , F02G1/057 , F16H21/30 , F28F1/12 , F28F1/36 , F28F13/00 , F01B29/10
CPC分类号: F02G1/043 , F02G1/044 , F02G1/055 , F02G1/057 , F02G2243/02 , F02G2243/04 , F02G2243/30 , F02G2244/00 , F02G2270/425 , F16H21/30 , F28F1/122 , F28F1/124 , F28F1/36 , F28F13/003 , Y10T29/49357
摘要: A regenerator for a thermal cycle engine and methods for its manufacture. The regenerator has a random network of fibers formed to fill a specified volume and a material for cross-linking the fibers at points of close contact between fibers of the network. A method for manufacturing a regenerator has steps of providing a length of knitted metal tape and wrapping a plurality of layers of the tape in an annular spiral.
摘要翻译: 一种用于热循环发动机的再生器及其制造方法。 再生器具有形成为填充特定体积的纤维的随机网络和用于在网络的纤维之间紧密接触的点处交联纤维的材料。 再生器的制造方法具有提供一定长度的针织金属带并将多层带缠绕成环形螺旋的步骤。
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公开(公告)号:US06547026B2
公开(公告)日:2003-04-15
申请号:US09784529
申请日:2001-02-15
申请人: Dean L. Kamen , Robert Ambrogi , John B. Morrell , Christopher C. Langenfeld , Stanley B. Smith, III , James H. Steenson, Jr.
发明人: Dean L. Kamen , Robert Ambrogi , John B. Morrell , Christopher C. Langenfeld , Stanley B. Smith, III , James H. Steenson, Jr.
IPC分类号: B60K2814
CPC分类号: A61G5/061 , A61G5/04 , A61G2203/723 , B62K11/007
摘要: A safety mechanism for a personal vehicle that provides for separation of the motion of a body support from a ground contacting assembly of the vehicle in case of accident. In one embodiment, the body support is attached to the ground contacting module via a slide mechanism that permits the body support to continue upright motion despite overturning of the ground contacting assembly in order to prevent injury to the passenger. Another embodiment provides for coupling of the body support or the ground contacting assembly via either a real or virtual pivot located above the respective centers of mass of the body support and ground contacting assembly.
摘要翻译: 一种用于个人车辆的安全机构,其用于在发生事故时分离车身支撑件与车辆的地面接触组件的运动。 在一个实施例中,身体支撑件经由滑动机构附接到地面接触模块,该滑动机构允许身体支撑件继续直立运动,尽管翻转地面接触组件以避免对乘客的伤害。 另一实施例提供了通过位于身体支撑体和接地接触组件的相应质心上方的实心或虚拟枢轴来联接身体支撑件或接地接触组件。
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公开(公告)号:US06311794B1
公开(公告)日:2001-11-06
申请号:US09428007
申请日:1999-10-27
申请人: John B. Morrell , John M. Kerwin , Dean L. Kamen , Robert R. Ambrogi , Robert J. Duggan , Richard K. Heinzmann , Brian R. Key
发明人: John B. Morrell , John M. Kerwin , Dean L. Kamen , Robert R. Ambrogi , Robert J. Duggan , Richard K. Heinzmann , Brian R. Key
IPC分类号: B62D57028
CPC分类号: A61G5/061 , A61G5/04 , A61G2203/14 , A61G2203/46 , B60K7/00 , B62D57/00 , G05B13/042
摘要: A system and method for operating a device in ascending or descending stairs. The device has a plurality of wheels rotatable about axes that are fixed with respect to a cluster arm, where the cluster arm itself is rotated about an axis so that wheels rest on successive stairs. The wheels and cluster arms are controlled according to separate control laws by a controller. Whether the device ascends or descends the stairs is governed by the pitch of the device relative to specified front and rear angles. Shifting the center of gravity of the combination of device and payload governs the direction of motion of the device.
摘要翻译: 一种用于在上升或下降楼梯中操作设备的系统和方法。 该装置具有可围绕相对于群集臂固定的轴线的多个车轮,其中集束臂本身围绕轴线旋转,使得车轮搁置在连续楼梯上。 车轮和集束臂由控制器根据单独的控制规律进行控制。 装置上升还是下降是由设备相对于指定的前后角度的间距来控制的。 移动设备和负载组合的重心来控制设备的运动方向。
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公开(公告)号:US06302230B1
公开(公告)日:2001-10-16
申请号:US09325978
申请日:1999-06-04
申请人: Dean L. Kamen , Robert R. Ambrogi , Robert J. Duggan , J. Douglas Field , Richard Kurt Heinzmann , Burl Amesbury , Christopher C. Langenfeld
发明人: Dean L. Kamen , Robert R. Ambrogi , Robert J. Duggan , J. Douglas Field , Richard Kurt Heinzmann , Burl Amesbury , Christopher C. Langenfeld
IPC分类号: B60K3100
CPC分类号: B60L15/20 , A63C17/01 , A63C17/08 , A63C17/12 , B60L2200/14 , B60L2200/16 , B60L2200/22 , B60L2220/46 , B60L2240/20 , B60L2240/423 , B60L2240/461 , B60L2240/463 , B60L2250/12 , B60L2250/22 , B62K1/00 , B62K11/007 , Y02T10/645 , Y02T10/7275
摘要: An automatically balancing vehicle having a headroom monitor. The headroom monitor determines the difference between the maximum velocity of the vehicle and the present velocity of the vehicle. An alarm receives a signal from the headroom monitor and produces a warning when the headroom falls below a specified limit.
摘要翻译: 具有净空监视器的自动平衡车。 净空监视器确定车辆的最大速度与车辆的当前速度之间的差。 报警器从上行空间监视器接收到信号,当上行空间低于指定限制时,发出警告。
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公开(公告)号:US06168609A
公开(公告)日:2001-01-02
申请号:US09150913
申请日:1998-09-10
申请人: Dean L. Kamen , Larry B. Gray
发明人: Dean L. Kamen , Larry B. Gray
IPC分类号: A61M2900
CPC分类号: A61F5/4553
摘要: A catamenial collector, in an embodiment, has a receptacle with a flexible hollow rim capable of inflation and has a handle with substantially the length of a female vagina. The collector may have a string, in one embodiment, extending through the rim and at least a portion of the handle so that a pulling force axially applied to a string end causes the receptacle to close. In another embodiment, an elastic member is so configured that deflation of the rim also causes the receptacle to close. The collector and associated methods of use provide for the sanitary collection and disposal of menses.
摘要翻译: 在一个实施例中,月经收集器具有能够充气的柔性中空边缘的容器,并且具有基本上女性阴道长度的手柄。 在一个实施例中,收集器可以具有串,延伸穿过边缘和手柄的至少一部分,使得轴向施加到弦端的拉力导致插座关闭。 在另一个实施例中,弹性构件被构造成使得边缘的放气也使得容器闭合。 收集器和相关的使用方法提供了月经的卫生收集和处理。
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