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US 12,330,045 B2Granted
Motorized skateboard assembly
OwnerMonica Alvarezinventor
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Abstract
A motorized skateboard assembly for driving and steering using an input which is operated by a user's feet includes a platform with wheels attached via brackets. A drive system is operatively coupled to the wheels, and an input is electrically coupled to the drive system to operate the wheels. The input is mounted on a top side of the platform for operation by the user's feet. The input includes actuators for driving the platform forward, braking the wheels, and steering the platform while driving it forward.
Claims15
A motorized skateboard assembly comprising:
- a platform having a front end and a rear end;
- a front bracket and a rear bracket each being coupled to a bottom side of the platform, the front bracket being spaced forwardly of the rear bracket with respect to the rear end of the platform;
- at least one front wheel being rotatably coupled to the front bracket;
- at least one rear wheel being rotatably coupled to the rear bracket;
- each of the at least one front wheel and the at least on rear wheel being configured to be engageable with a support surface to compel the platform along the support surface when rotated;
- a drive system being operatively coupled to each of the at least one front wheel and the at least one rear wheel for rotating each of the at least one front wheel and the at least one rear wheel;
- a control circuit being operatively coupled to the drive system;
- an input being electrically coupled to the control circuit for operating the drive system, the input being coupled to a top side of the platform, the input being actuatable to compel the platform forwardly, the input being actuatable to steer the front end of the platform toward either of the first lateral direction and the second lateral direction with respect to the rear end of the platform;
- a power supply being electrically coupled to the control circuit, the power supply being mounted to the bottom side of the platform;
- wherein the drive system comprises
- at least one front motor being mounted on the front bracket and being operatively coupled to the at least one front wheel, and
- at least one rear motor being mounted on the rear bracket and being operatively coupled to the at least one rear wheel;
- wherein the at least one front wheel comprises a first front wheel and a second front wheel, the first front wheel being spaced from a central axis of the platform extending between each of the front and rear ends of the platform in a first lateral direction, the second front wheel being spaced from the central axis in a second lateral direction opposite the first lateral direction;
- wherein the at least one rear wheel comprises a first rear wheel and a second rear wheel, the first rear wheel being spaced from the central axis in the first lateral direction, the second rear wheel being spaced from the central axis in the second lateral direction;
- and
- wherein the input comprises
- a forward drive actuator being actuatable to rotate at least one of the first front wheel, the second front wheel, the first rear wheel, and the second rear wheel such that the platform moves forwardly, the forward drive actuator being positioned on the top side of the platform forward of the first rear wheel and the second rear wheel and spaced rearwardly from the first front wheel and the second front wheel, the forward drive actuator being positioned closer to the first rear wheel and the second rear wheel than to the first front wheel and the second front wheel,
- a first steer actuator being actuatable to rotate at least some of the first front wheel, the second front wheel, the first rear wheel, and the second rear wheel such that the front end of the platform is steered toward the first lateral direction with respect to the rear end of the platform,
- a second steer actuator being actuatable to rotate at least some of the first front wheel, the second front wheel, the first rear wheel, and the second rear wheel such that the front end of the platform is steered toward the second lateral direction with respect to the rear end of the platform.
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A motorized skateboard assembly comprising:
- a platform having a front end and a rear end;
- a front bracket and a rear bracket each being coupled to a bottom side of the platform, the front bracket being spaced forwardly of the rear bracket with respect to the rear end of the platform;
- a first front wheel and a second front wheel each being rotatably coupled to the front bracket, the first front wheel being spaced from a central axis of the platform extending between each of the front and rear ends of the platform in a first lateral direction, the second front wheel being spaced from the central axis in a second lateral direction opposite the first lateral direction, the first and second front wheels sharing a front rotational axis, the front rotational axis extending laterally in opposite directions with respect to the central axis;
- a first rear wheel and a second rear wheel each being rotatably coupled to the rear bracket, the first rear wheel being spaced from the central axis in the first lateral direction, the second rear wheel being spaced from the central axis in the second lateral direction, the first and second rear wheels sharing a rear rotational axis, the rear rotational axis extending laterally in opposite directions with respect to the central axis;
- each of the first front wheel, the second front wheel, the first rear wheel, and the second rear wheel being configured to be engageable with a support surface to compel the platform along the support surface when rotated;
- a drive system being operatively coupled to each of the first and second front wheels and the first and second rear wheels for rotating each of the first and second front wheels and the first and second rear wheels, the drive system comprising:
- a first front motor being mounted on the front bracket and being operatively coupled to the first front wheel;
- a second front motor being mounted on the front bracket and being operatively coupled to the second front wheel;
- a first rear motor being mounted on the rear bracket and being operatively coupled to the first rear wheel;
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- a second rear motor being mounted on the rear bracket and being operatively coupled to the second rear wheel;
- a control circuit being operatively coupled to the drive system;
- an input being electrically coupled to the control circuit for operating the drive system, the input being coupled to a top side of the platform, the input comprising:
- a forward drive actuator being actuatable to rotate at least one of the first front wheel, the second front wheel, the first rear wheel, and the second rear wheel such that the platform moves forwardly, the forward drive actuator being positioned on the top side of the platform forward of the first rear wheel and the second rear wheel and spaced rearwardly from the first front wheel and the second front wheel, the forward drive actuator being positioned closer to the first rear wheel and the second rear wheel than to the first front wheel and the second front wheel;
- a brake actuator being actuatable to inhibit rotation of each of the first front wheel, the second front wheel, the first rear wheel, and the second rear wheel, each of the forward drive actuator and the brake actuator being elongated and aligned along the central axis of the platform, the brake actuator being positioned on the top side of the platform over and between the first rear wheel and the second rear wheel, the brake actuator being positioned rearwardly of and adjacent to the forward drive actuator;
- a first steer actuator being actuatable to rotate at least some of the first front wheel, the second front wheel, the first rear wheel, and the second rear wheel such that the front end of the platform is steered toward the first lateral direction with respect to the rear end of the platform, the first steer actuator being spaced forwardly from the forward drive actuator with respect to the platform;
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- a second steer actuator being actuatable to rotate at least some of the first front wheel, the second front wheel, the first rear wheel, and the second rear wheel such that the front end of the platform is steered toward the second lateral direction with respect to the rear end of the platform, the second steer actuator being spaced forwardly from the forward drive actuator with respect to the platform, the second steer actuator being positioned adjacent to the first steer actuator and extending in the second lateral direction away from the first steer actuator;
- a power supply being electrically coupled to the control circuit, the power supply being mounted to the bottom side of the platform, the power supply comprising a battery;
- a charging port being electrically coupled to the battery;
- and
- a charging cord being couplable to the charging port for electrically coupling the battery to an external power source to charge the battery.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.