# US 10,766,456 B2 · Powered mobility vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,766,456 B2 - Document ID: US10766456B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/846,420 - Filed: 2017-12-19 - Published: 2018-06-21 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-19 - Applicants: Neil Thomas Medhurst - Inventors: Neil Thomas Medhurst - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10766456B2 ## CPC - B60R 25/209: {Remote starting of engine} - A61G 5/04: motor-driven (A61G5/06 takes precedence; motor-operated rests A61G5/12; for vehicles with handlebars, equipped with three or more wheels B62K5/003, B62K5/023) - A61G 5/10: Parts, details or accessories - B60L 3/02: Dead-man's devices - B60R 25/045: by limiting or cutting the electrical supply to the propulsion unit - B62K 5/007: power-driven - G07C 9/00309: {operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks} - B60L 2200/24: Personal mobility vehicles - G07C 2009/00634: {Power supply for the lock} - Y02T 90/16: Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - B62K: CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDECARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A powered mobility vehicle including a keyless activation system, wherein the keyless activation system includes a control module carried by the vehicle and a remote operation transmitter, wherein the control module includes an electrical input which is connected to the electrical power supply of the vehicle, an electrical output connected to a motor controller of the vehicle, a switch electrically connected between the electrical input and the electrical output, and a signal receiver electrically connected to the switch, wherein the switch has an active configuration in which electrical power is supplied to the electrical output from the electrical input via the switch and an inactive configuration in which the switch electrically isolates the electrical output from the electrical input, and the configuration of the switch is controlled by signals from the signal receiver; and wherein the transmitter communicates wirelessly with the signal receiver. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electrically powered mobility vehicle including a keyless activation system, wherein mobility vehicle includes an electrical power source and an electric motor which drives at least one wheel of the vehicle, the electric motor being controlled by a motor controller; the keyless activation system includes a control module carried by the vehicle and a remote operation transmitter, wherein the control module includes an electrical input which is electrically connected to the electrical power source of the vehicle, an electrical output electrically connected to the motor controller of the vehicle, a signal-operated switch electrically connected between the electrical input and the electrical output, and a signal receiver electrically connected to the switch, wherein the switch has an active configuration in which electrical power is supplied to the electrical output from the electrical input via the switch and an inactive configuration in which the switch electrically isolates the electrical output from the electrical input; and the configuration of the switch is controlled by signals from the signal receiver; and wherein the transmitter communicates wirelessly with the signal receiver; and wherein the transmitter includes a radio transponder which is paired with the signal receiver and which transmits an activation signal in response to a pairing signal emitted by the signal receiver such that when the transmitter is less than a pre-defined distance from the signal receiver, the signal receiver detects the activation signal transmitted by the transmitter. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A powered mobility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter transmits an activation signal and the signal receiver configures the switch in the active configuration in response to the activation signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A powered mobility vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the transmitter includes at least one button that is pushed by a user to transmit an activation signal to the signal receiver. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A powered mobility vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the transmitter includes at least one second button that transmits a deactivation signal and the signal receiver configures the switch in the inactive configuration in response to the deactivation signal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A powered mobility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the switch is configured in the inactive configuration when the signal receiver is unable to receive the activation signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A powered mobility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle includes a visual indicator connected to the electrical output of the control module and the visual indicator indicates the configuration of the switch. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) A powered mobility vehicle according to claim 6, wherein the visual indicator is a light emitting element, wherein the light emitting element emits a light when the switch is in the active configuration. ### Claim 8 A method of installing a keyless activation system in an electrically powered mobility vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes an electrical power source, an electric motor which drives the vehicle, a motor controller which controls the electric motor and a key-operated switch which controls the electrical connection of the motor controller to the electrical power source, the method comprising disconnecting the key-operated switch from the electrical power source of the vehicle; disconnecting the key-operated switch from the motor controller of the vehicle; providing a control module of the keyless activation system, wherein the control module includes an electrical input, an electrical output, a signal-operated switch electrically connected between the electrical input and the electrical output, and a signal receiver electrically connected to the switch, wherein the switch has an active configuration in which electrical power passes from the electrical input to the electrical output via the switch, and an inactive configuration in which the switch isolates the electrical output from the electrical input, and the configuration of the switch is controlled by signals from the signal receiver; electrically connecting the electrical power source of the vehicle to an electrical input of the control module; electrically connecting an electrical output of the control module to the motor controller of the vehicle; and pairing a remote operation transmitter to the control module, and wherein the remote operation transmitter transmits an operation signal in response to a pairing signal emitted by the signal receiver, and when the transmitter is in range of the signal receiver, the signal receiver urges the switch into its active configuration, and when the transmitter is out of range of the signal receiver, the switch is urged into its inactive configuration. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A method according to claim 8, wherein a first operation of the operation of the remote operation transmitter transmits a first operative signal to the signal receiver and the signal receiver transmits a signal to the switch in response to the first operative signal which causes the switch to move from its inactive configuration to its active configuration. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A method according to claim 9, wherein the remote operation transmitter includes a first button and the first operation of the transmitter comprises pressing the first button. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A method according to claim 10, wherein a second operation of the remote operation transmitter transmits a second operative signal to the signal receiver and the signal receiver transmits a second signal to the switch in response to the second operative signal which causes the switch to move from its active configuration to its inactive configuration. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A method according to claim 11, wherein the remote operation transmitter includes a second button and the second operation of the transmitter comprises pressing the second button.