FLYWHEEL ASSEMBLIES AND VEHICLES INCLUDING SAME

A vehicle includes a frame, an engine, a steering assembly, a steerable wheel, a flywheel assembly, and a controller. The frame has a front end and a rear end and defines a roll axis extending between the front end and the rear end. The engine is supported by the frame. The steering assembly is pivo...

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1. Verfasser:	WHINNERY JOSEPH P. W
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS CYCLE FRAMES CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE CYCLE STEERING DEVICES CYCLES LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS PERFORMING OPERATIONS RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORCYCLES TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A vehicle includes a frame, an engine, a steering assembly, a steerable wheel, a flywheel assembly, and a controller. The frame has a front end and a rear end and defines a roll axis extending between the front end and the rear end. The engine is supported by the frame. The steering assembly is pivotally coupled with the frame and is pivotable about a steering axis. The steerable wheel is rotatably coupled with the steering assembly. The flywheel assembly comprises an inertial mass and is coupled with the frame. The inertial mass is rotatable about a flywheel axis. The controller is in communication with the flywheel assembly and is configured to facilitate rotation of the inertial mass in one of a counterclockwise direction and a clockwise direction in response to pivoting of the steering assembly in a leftward direction and a rightward direction, respectively. Methods are also provided.