Personal transporter

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...

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Hauptverfasser:	KAMEN DEAN L, FIELD J. DOUGLAS, MORRELL JOHN B, HEINZMANN RICHARD KURT, ARLING RICHARD W, POMPA JONATHAN B
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AMUSEMENTS ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TOTRANSPORTATION CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS CYCLE FRAMES CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE CYCLE STEERING DEVICES CYCLES DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL FUNERAL DEVICES GAMES GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE MOTOR VEHICLES OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS PERFORMING OPERATIONS RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORCYCLES ROLLER SKATES SKATES SKIS SPORTS TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE TRAILERS TRANSPORT OR ACCOMODATION FOR PATIENTS TRANSPORTING VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	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.