US 11,597,463 B2 · Electric-powered personal transport vehicle

Abstract

An electric-powered personal transport vehicle with a board to support a weight of a user and one or more wheels driven by one or more electric motors is discussed. The electric motors are powered by one or more batteries. A throttle has a thumb wheel speed controller on a handlebar. The thumb wheel speed controller has a horizontal manipulation between accelerate, neutral, and brake input positions such that pressing the thumbwheel speed controller in a vertical direction will not result in an unintentional acceleration or braking.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus, comprising:

an electric-powered personal transport vehicle with a board to support a weight of a user, one or more wheels driven by one or more electric motors,
wherein the electric motors are powered by one or more batteries;
and
a throttle with a thumb wheel speed controller on a handlebar,
wherein the thumb wheel speed controller has a horizontal manipulation between accelerate, neutral, and brake input positions, and
wherein the thumb wheel speed controller is configured such that pressing the thumbwheel speed controller in a vertical direction will not result in an unintentional acceleration or braking.

3 more elements

A method for an electric-powered personal transport vehicle, comprising:

constructing the electric-powered personal transport vehicle with a board to support a weight of a user, one or more wheels driven by one or more electric motors, and
wherein the electric motors are powered by one or more batteries;
and
constructing a throttle with a thumb wheel speed controller on a handlebar,
wherein the thumb wheel speed controller has a horizontal manipulation between accelerate, neutral, and brake input positions, and
wherein the thumb wheel speed controller is configured such that pressing the thumbwheel speed controller in a vertical direction will not result in an unintentional acceleration or braking.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/811,989Filed 6 Mar 2020 · us provisional application

Priority

8 Mar 2019

Published

US 2020/0283086 A110 Sep 2020

Granted

7 Mar 2023

Term ends

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Classification25 codes

B60L 58/15
Responding to state of charge [SoC]: preventing overcharging
B62K 11/14
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B60L 7/02
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B60L 7/10
Electrodynamic brake systems for vehicles in general: dynamic electric regenerative braking

Electric-powered personal transport vehicle

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Electric-powered personal transport vehicle

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Abstract

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