公开(公告)号：US20200047826A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-13

申请号：US16342732

申请日：2016-10-18

Applicant: Piaggio Fast Forward, Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey T. SCHNAPP ,  Gregory Stewart LYNN ,  Joshua Eldred ELVANDER ,  Sasha Priya HOFFMAN ,  Suhas Subhaschandra MALGHAN ,  Nazareth V. EKMEKJIAN ,  Rossitza Dimitrova KOTELOVA ,  Bethanne ALTRINGER ,  Jamar A. BROMLEY

IPC: B62D37/04 ,  B60K7/00 ,  B60K1/02 ,  F16H1/04 ,  F16H1/20 ,  G01C9/00

Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle is provided. The two-wheeled vehicle includes a chassis having a height, a length and a width, in a first wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the first wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the first wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, a motor for providing a drive energy to the first wheel, an axle rotated by the motor, a drive gear connected with the axle such that the drive gear rotates with a rotation of the axle, and a plurality of teeth disposed about the first wheel and mechanically engaged with the drive gear at a location closer to the perimeter of the first wheel than to the geometric center of the first wheel.