Balancing personal vehicle
    51.
    发明授权
    Balancing personal vehicle 失效
    平衡个人车辆

    公开(公告)号:US06929080B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-08-16

    申请号:US10374689

    申请日:2003-02-26

    摘要: A transportation vehicle for transporting an individual over ground having a surface that may be irregular. The vehicle has a support platform for supporting the subject and the support platform is coupled to a ground-contacting module at a pivot. While the ground-contacting module may be statically stable, balance of the support platform with respect to the ground-contacting module is maintained by motion of the ground-contacting module in response to leaning of the support platform. A motorized drive coupled to the ground-contacting module causes locomotion of the vehicle and the subject therewith over the surface, while a control loop, in which the motorized drive is included, dynamically enhances stability in the fore-aft plane by operation of the motorized drive in connection with the ground-contacting module. In the event of failure of the control loop, the pivot connection of the support platform to the ground-contacting module may be locked, thereby ensuring stability of the static assembly.

    摘要翻译: 一种运输车辆,用于运输具有可能不规则的表面的地面上的个体。 车辆具有用于支撑物体的支撑平台,并且支撑平台在枢轴处联接到地面接触模块。 当地面接触模块可以是静态稳定的时,支撑平台相对于地面接触模块的平衡通过地面接触模块响应于支撑平台的倾斜的运动来维持。 耦合到地面接触模块的电动驱动器引起车辆及其对象在表面上的运动,而包括电动驱动装置的控制回路通过机动化的操作的动作来动态地增强前后平面的稳定性 驱动器与地面接触模块相连。 在控制回路故障的情况下,支撑平台与地面接触模块的枢转连接可被锁定,从而确保静态组件的稳定性。

    Control of a balancing personal vehicle
    52.
    发明授权
    Control of a balancing personal vehicle 有权
    平衡个人车辆的控制

    公开(公告)号:US06799649B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-10-05

    申请号:US10166553

    申请日:2002-06-10

    IPC分类号: B62D5106

    摘要: A vehicle for transporting a payload over a surface that may be irregular and may include stairs. The vehicle has a support for supporting the payload and a ground contacting element movable with respect to a local axis, where the local axis can be moved with respect to some second axis that has a defined relation with respect to the support. The vehicle also has a motorized drive arrangement for permitting controllable motion of the ground contacting element so as to operate in an operating condition that is unstable with respect to tipping in at least a fore-aft plane when the motorized drive arrangement is not powered. The vehicle also has an input device for receiving an indication from an assistant who is not disposed on the vehicle of a direction of desired motion of the vehicle.

    摘要翻译: 用于在有可能不规则的表面上运送有效载荷并可能包括楼梯的车辆。 车辆具有用于支撑有效载荷的支撑件和可相对于局部轴线移动的地面接触元件,其中局部轴线可以相对于与支撑件具有限定关系的一些第二轴线移动。 车辆还具有电动驱动装置,用于允许地面接触元件的可控制运动,以便在电动驱动装置未通电时相对于至少前后平面倾斜不稳定的运行状态运行。 该车辆还具有一个输入装置,用于从未被布置在车辆上的车辆的期望运动方向的助理接收指示。

    Personal transporter
    53.
    发明授权
    Personal transporter 有权
    个人运输

    公开(公告)号:US06796396B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-09-28

    申请号:US10272480

    申请日:2002-10-16

    IPC分类号: B60K3100

    摘要: Improvements to a motorized balancing personal transporter are revealed in embodiments of the invention. In one embodiment of the invention, a transporter for carrying a payload includes a platform for supporting a user; a ground-contacting module, to which the platform is mounted, which propels the user; a proximity detector for determining the presence of a user; and a safety switch coupled to the detector for inhibiting operation of the ground-contacting module unless the proximity detector has determined the presence of the user; and a motorized drive arrangement coupled to the ground-contacting module for causing automatically balanced and stationary operation of the device unless the proximity detector determines the presence of the user on the device. Various other mechanisms are provided for receiving rider input in order to direct steering of the transporter.

    摘要翻译: 在本发明的实施例中揭示了对机动平衡个人运输机的改进。 在本发明的一个实施例中,用于承载有效载荷的运送器包括用于支撑用户的平台; 地面接触模块,平台安装在该接地模块上,其推动用户; 接近检测器,用于确定用户的存在; 以及耦合到所述检测器的安全开关,用于禁止接地模块的操作,除非所述接近检测器已经确定所述用户的存在; 以及耦合到地面接触模块的电动驱动装置,用于引起装置的自动平衡和平稳操作,除非接近检测器确定用户在设备上的存在。 提供了各种其他机构用于接收乘客输入以便直接转运运输者。

    Repulsive antiseptic surgical shield
    55.
    发明授权
    Repulsive antiseptic surgical shield 有权
    排斥性防腐手术护罩

    公开(公告)号:US06513529B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-02-04

    申请号:US09405720

    申请日:1999-09-24

    申请人: Dean L. Kamen

    发明人: Dean L. Kamen

    IPC分类号: A61F1300

    CPC分类号: A61B90/40 A61B2090/401

    摘要: A method for excluding infectious agents from the site of an incision into the tissue of a patient. Air is the vicinity of the patient is filtered through an ionizing filter, such that any infectious agents in the air are electrically charged with a specified polarity. A region surrounding the site of the incision is thus characterized by an electrostatic charge of the same specified polarity as the infectious agents such that the infectious agents are repelled from the site of the incision. Infectious agents may be excluded from the site of an incision by creating a pressure field of air having a gradient along at least one path running from a zone including the incision to a neighboring zone so that air flows in the direction in the direction of decreasing pressure. A shield system with three layers may be provided, with the first layer substantially electrically insulating and adhering to the skin of the patient while an electrically conductive layer maintains an electrostatic charge of a specified polarity on the shield. An electrically insulating external layer prevents dissipation of the electrostatic charge. The shield system also has an ionizing air filter for charging any infectious agents with an electrical charge of the same specified polarity as the electrostatic charge of the shield for repelling infectious agents from the site of the incision.

    摘要翻译: 将感染因子从切口部位排除到患者组织中的方法。 病人附近的空气通过电离过滤器过滤,使空气中的任何感染剂以指定的极性充电。 因此,围绕切口部位的区域的特征在于与感染剂相同的极性的静电电荷,使得感染剂从切口部位排斥。 可以通过产生具有从包括切口的区域至相邻区域的至少一条路径具有梯度的空气的压力场,使得空气沿减压方向的方向流动,可以将传染物从切口的位置排除 。 可以提供具有三层的屏蔽系统,其中第一层基本上电绝缘并粘附到患者的皮肤,同时导电层保持屏蔽上具有指定极性的静电电荷。 电绝缘外层防止静电电荷的耗散。 屏蔽系统还具有电离空气过滤器,用于对具有与屏蔽件的静电电荷相同的指定极性的电荷充电任何感染物质,以从切口部位排斥感染因子。

    Balancing vehicle with camber and toe-in
    57.
    发明授权
    Balancing vehicle with camber and toe-in 失效
    平衡车辆与弯曲和脚趾

    公开(公告)号:US06357544B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-03-19

    申请号:US09289272

    申请日:1999-04-08

    IPC分类号: B62D6100

    摘要: A balancing vehicle having enhanced stability for transporting a payload. The vehicle has two substantially coaxial wheels coupled to a platform. Each wheel rotates about an axis, with the axis of each wheel disposed at a non-zero angle with respect to an axis that is defined by the centers of the respective wheels and that is substantially perpendicular to the direction of forward motion of the vehicle. The vehicle has a motorized drive that provides locomotion of the vehicle in an operating position that is unstable with respect to tipping if the motorized drive is not powered.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有增强运输有效载荷的稳定性的平衡车。 车辆具有联接到平台的两个基本同轴的车轮。 每个车轮围绕一个轴线旋转,每个车轮的轴线相对于由相应车轮的中心限定的轴线非零角度地设置,并且基本上垂直于车辆前进方向。 该车辆具有电动驱动器,其在如果电动驱动器未通电时相对于倾翻不稳定的操作位置提供车辆的运动。

    Apparatus and method for cleaning teeth
    58.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for cleaning teeth 有权
    清洁牙齿的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US6155824A

    公开(公告)日:2000-12-05

    申请号:US280144

    申请日:1999-03-26

    摘要: An apparatus designed to clean surfaces and to recycle the cleaning solution including a hand-holdable housing, a tube having a lumen through which cleaning solution may be impelled, a pump for both impelling and urging solution back through a return path. Piston-based, in particular a ganged pump using a stepped piston, as well as membrane-based pumps are disclosed. Methods of cleaning surfaces using such apparatuses as well as a system for periodically cleaning a plurality of surfaces are disclosed as additional embodiments.

    摘要翻译: 一种被设计用于清洁表面和回收清洁溶液的装置,包括可手持的壳体,具有可以被推动清洁溶液的内腔的管,用于推动并推动通过返回路径的溶液的泵。 公开了基于活塞的,特别是使用阶梯式活塞的联动泵以及膜式泵。 公开了使用这种装置清洁表面的方法以及用于周期性地清洁多个表面的系统作为附加实施例。

    Cantilevered crankshaft stirling cycle machine
    59.
    发明授权
    Cantilevered crankshaft stirling cycle machine 失效
    悬臂式曲轴搅拌机

    公开(公告)号:US6062023A

    公开(公告)日:2000-05-16

    申请号:US115383

    申请日:1998-07-14

    摘要: A Stirling machine having two pistons coupled to a harmonic crank drive linkage for providing a specified phase relationship between sinusoidal displacements of each piston with respect to a fixed fiducial point. The harmonic crank drive linkage has a primary crankshaft and an eccentric crankshaft mounted internally to the primary crankshaft and coupled via a gear set to counterrotate with respect to the primary crankshaft. The eccentric crankshaft may be cantilevered with respect to the primary shaft, with the pistons of the engine coupled to the eccentric crankshaft externally to the supporting bearings. A flywheel coupled to the eccentric crankshaft provides for operation of the engine with a zero net angular momentum. An intake manifold provides for mixing air and fuel for combustion heating of the engine.

    摘要翻译: 一种斯特林机器,其具有联接到谐波曲柄驱动连杆的两个活塞,用于相对于固定的基准点在每个活塞的正弦位移之间提供规定的相位关系。 谐波曲柄驱动联动装置具有主曲轴和安装在主曲轴内部的偏心曲轴,并通过相对于主曲轴反转的齿轮组联接。 偏心曲轴可以相对于主轴悬臂,发动机的活塞与偏心曲轴在支承轴承外部相连。 联接到偏心曲轴的飞轮提供具有零网角动量的发动机的操作。 进气歧管提供混合空气和燃料用于发动机的燃烧加热。