Braking device for a personal mobility vehicle
AssigneeRazor USA LLC
InventorsRobert Hadley, Robert Chen
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Abstract
A personal mobility vehicle, such as a scooter, includes at least one battery and motor for powering at least one driven wheel. The vehicle also includes a braking assembly configured to isolate the motor from the at least one driven wheel such that power is terminated from the motor to the at least one wheel in response to a user engaging a braking assembly of the vehicle. The vehicle can include a switch or position sensor that interacts with the braking assembly to initiate the isolation of the motor from the at least one driven wheel and the switch or position sensor preferably is inaccessible to the foot of the user.
Claims20
A personal mobility vehicle comprising:
- a platform configured to support a user riding the personal mobility vehicle, the platform comprising a front end and a rear end, the rear end having an opening, wherein the opening is a closed loop;
- a handlebar assembly connected to the front end of the platform;
- a front wheel connected to the handlebar assembly;
- a rear wheel connected to the rear end of the platform, wherein the opening is above the rear wheel;
- an electric motor configured to drive the rear wheel;
- a battery adjacent the rear wheel and configured to provide power to the electric motor;
- a foot actuator that is accessible to a foot of the user, the foot actuator extending through the opening in the platform at an elevation above the rear wheel;
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- a brake operatively connected with the foot actuator such that, in response to the foot actuator being depressed, the brake brakes the rear wheel.
A scooter comprising:
- a platform configured to support a user;
- an opening extending through the platform, wherein the opening is a closed loop;
- a handlebar assembly;
- a front wheel;
- a rear wheel;
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- a braking assembly comprising:
- a foot actuator that extends through the opening, a top surface of the foot actuator being accessible to a foot of the user and being angled forward such that a top front end of the foot actuator is lower than a top rear end of the foot actuator;
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- a frictional braking surface;
- the braking assembly configured to move from a disengaged position to an engaged position in response to a generally downward force being applied to the foot actuator, wherein in the engaged position the frictional braking surface applies a frictional braking force to the rear wheel;
- wherein the opening is above the rear wheel.
A personal mobility vehicle comprising:
- a platform configured to support a user riding the personal mobility vehicle, the platform comprising a front end and a rear end, the rear end having an opening;
- a handlebar assembly connected to the front end of the platform;
- a front wheel connected to the handlebar assembly;
- a rear wheel connected to the rear end of the platform, wherein the opening is above the rear wheel;
- an electric motor configured to drive the rear wheel;
- a battery adjacent the rear wheel and configured to provide power to the electric motor;
- a foot actuator that is accessible to a foot of the user, the foot actuator extending through the opening in the platform at an elevation above the rear wheel;
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- a brake operatively connected with the foot actuator such that, in response to the foot actuator being depressed, the brake brakes the rear wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.