Toy Skateboard

A toy skateboard comprising:

• a deck having a front region, rear region, an upper surface, and a lower surface;
• a front non-motorized truck assembly secured to the lower surface towards the front region and having a pair of front wheels freely rotatably thereto;
• a motorized rear truck assembly secured to the lower surface towards the rear region, and the motorized rear truck assembly having a housing configured to include a battery, a processor, a pair of motors to separately drive a pair of rear wheels positioned transversely to the longitudinal axis of the deck and positioned behind the pair of front wheels, and a receiver in communication with the processor and configured to receive signals to control the movement of the pair of rear wheels;
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• a center of gravity defined by the toy skateboard and positioned below the lower surface of the deck.

A toy skateboard comprising:

• a deck having a front region, rear region, an upper surface, and a lower surface;
• a front non-motorized truck assembly secured to the lower surface towards the front region and having a pair of front wheels freely rotatably thereto;
• a motorized rear truck assembly secured to the lower surface towards the rear region, and the motorized rear truck assembly having a housing defined to include a top profile substantially conforming to a portion of the lower surface towards the rear region and the housing configured to include at least a battery, a processor, a pair of motors to separately control a pair of rear wheels positioned transversely to the longitudinal axis of the deck, and the pair of rear wheels being positioned behind the pair of front wheels, the housing further including a receiver configured to receive signals to control the movement of the pair of rear wheels;
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• wherein the processor is configured to detect a back electromotive force voltage generated by the rotation of one or more of the pair of motors due to a manual manipulation by a human on one or more of the rear wheels, and the processor being further configured to include at least a sleep state and a wake state, and wherein the processor includes a function to transition between the sleep state and the wake state, when the detected back electromotive force voltage reaches a pre-determined value.

A toy skateboard comprising:

• a deck having a front region, rear region, an upper surface, and a lower surface;
• a front non-motorized truck assembly secured to the lower surface towards the front region and having a pair of front wheels freely rotatably thereto;
• a motorized rear truck assembly secured to the lower surface towards the rear region, and the motorized rear truck assembly having a housing defined to include a top profile substantially conforming to a portion of the lower surface towards the rear region and the housing configured to include at least a battery, a processor, a pair of motors to control and separately rotate a pair of rear wheels positioned transversely to the longitudinal axis of the deck and positioned behind the pair of front wheels, and the housing further including a receiver configured to receive signals to control the movement of the pair of rear wheels;
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• a circuit in communication with the processor and battery, the circuit being configured to varying the battery voltage to a fixed voltage.

A toy skateboard comprising:

• a deck having a front region, rear region, an upper surface, and a lower surface;
• a front non-motorized truck assembly secured to the lower surface towards the front region and having a pair of front wheels freely rotatably thereto;
• a motorized rear truck assembly secured to the lower surface towards the rear region, and the motorized rear truck assembly having a housing defined to include a top profile substantially conforming to a portion of the lower surface towards the rear region and the housing configured to include at least a battery, a processor, a pair of motors to control and separately rotate a pair of rear wheels positioned transversely to the longitudinal axis of the deck and positioned behind the pair of front wheels, and the housing further including a receiver configured to receive signals to control the movement of the pair of rear wheels;
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• a weight removably secured to a portion of the deck to adjust a center of gravity and configured to adjusts a center of spin.

A toy skateboard comprising:

• a deck having a first region, a second region, an upper surface, and a lower surface;
• a non-motorized truck assembly secured to the lower surface towards the first region and having one or more freely rotatable first wheels;
• a motorized truck assembly removably secured to the deck, and the motorized truck assembly having a housing defined to enclose, below the lower surface of the deck:
• (i) a battery, (ii) a processor, (iii) a pair of motors to control and separately rotate a pair of second wheels positioned transversely to the longitudinal axis of the deck and positioned laterally away from the pair of first wheels, and (iv) a receiver configured to receive signals to control the movement of the pair of second wheels.

A toy skateboard having a deck, a front truck secured to a lower surface of the deck with a pair of freely rotatably front wheels, the toy skateboard further comprising:

• a motorized rear truck secured to the lower surface and have a pair of rear wheels, the rear truck having a housing configured to include a battery, a processor, a receiver configured to receive signals from a remote control unit to send signals to the processor, and a first motor configured to rotate a first wheel in response to the signals;
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• the processor being further configured to detect a voltage generated by the first motor when a human generated force causes the first wheel to rotate, and the processor being further configured to include at least a sleep state and a wake state;
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• a pre-programmed processor function configured to cause the processor to transition from one state to another state, of the defined sleep state and wake state, when the voltage generated by the human generated force causing the first wheel to rotate reaches a pre-determined trigger voltage defined by the processor.

A toy vehicle comprising:

• a motor configured to cause a motion of an element of said toy, said motion of said element further accessible for manipulation by a human to in turn rotate said motor;
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• a processor configured to detect a back electromotive force (“EMF”) voltage generated by the rotation of said motor due to said manipulation by a human, and
• said processor being further configured to include at least a sleep state and a wake state;
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• said processor comprising a function configured to transition between said sleep state and said wake state when said detected back EMF voltage reaches a pre-determined value.

A toy vehicle comprising:

• a motor configured to cause a motion of an element of said toy, said motion of said element further accessible for manipulation by a human to in turn rotate said motor;
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• a processor configured to detect a back electromotive force (“EMF”) voltage generated by the actuation of said motor due to said manipulation by a human;
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• said processor being further configured to include at least two states;
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• said processor comprising a function configured to transition between states when said detected back EMF voltage reaches a pre-determined value;
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• said processor is further configured to control said motor in accordance with one or more pre-programmed motions resulting in a tactile response when said detected back EMF voltage reaches a pre-determined value.

A toy vehicle comprising:

• a motor configured to cause a motion of an element of said toy, said motion of said element further accessible for manipulation by a human to in turn rotate said motor;
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• a processor configured to detect a back electromotive force (“EMF”) voltage generated by the actuation of said motor due to said manipulation by a human;
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• said processor being further configured to include at least two states of the following states:
• (a) a lower power state configured to turn the at least one motor off and power the vehicle off;
• (b) a lower power sleep state configured to turn the at least one motor off and put the processor in a low power sleep state and halt executing code;
• (c) a wake state configured to power the vehicle on;
• (d) a wake state configured to bring the processor out of a low power sleep state and begin to executing code;
• (e) a user controllable drive state configured to control the at least one motor and rotate the at least one wheel;
• (f) a user controllable drive state configured to control the at least one motor and rotate the at least one wheel at a slower than maximum speed;
• (g) a user controllable drive state configured to control the at least one motor and rotate the at least one wheel in accordance to a pre-programmed set of instructions and user input from a remote device to cause the vehicle to perform a maneuver;
• (h) a non-user autonomous drive state configured to control the at least one motor and rotate the at least one wheel;
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• said processor comprising a function configured to transition between states when said detected back EMF voltage reaches a pre-determined value;
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• said processor is further configured to control said motor in accordance with one or more pre-programmed motions resulting in a tactile response when said detected back EMF voltage reaches a pre-determined value.

A toy vehicle comprising:

• a motor configured to cause a motion of an element of said toy, said motion of said element further accessible for manipulation by a human to in turn rotate said motor;
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• a processor configured to detect a back electromotive force (“EMF”) voltage generated by the rotation of said motor due to said manipulation by a human, and
• said processor being further configured to include at least a sleep state and a wake state;
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• said processor comprising a function configured to transition between said sleep state and said wake state when said detected back EMF voltage reaches a pre-determined value,
• wherein said processor is further configured to control said motor in accordance with one or more pre-programmed motions resulting in a tactile response when said detected back EMF voltage reaches a pre-determined value.

A toy vehicle comprising:

• a low inductance motor powered by a high frequency switched voltage at a frequency high enough to create continuous conduction;
• an H-bridge circuit configured to control a direction of the motor;
• an adjustable high frequency DC-DC switch configured to convert a supply voltage to an output voltage, lower than the supply voltage, for use by the H-bridge circuit to power the low inductance motor in a forward or reverse direction;
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• a processor having instructions configured to change the output voltage from the DC-DC switch from a first voltage to a second voltage.

A toy vehicle comprising:

• an electromechanical actuator configured to cause a motion of an element of said toy, said motion of said element further accessible for manipulation by a human to in turn rotate said electromechanical actuator;
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• a processor configured to detect a back electromotive force (“EMF”) voltage generated by the actuation of said electromechanical actuator due to said manipulation by a human;
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• said processor being further configured to include at least two states;
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• said processor comprising a function configured to transition between states when said detected back EMF voltage reaches a pre-determined value;
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• said processor is further configured to control said motor in accordance with one or more pre-programmed motions resulting in a tactile response when said detected back EMF voltage reaches a pre-determined value.

An electromechanical system wherein a two electrical motors actuate motive elements, and wherein a user can manipulate some or all of said motive elements to reciprocally produce motion in some or all of said two electrical motors, further comprising:

• a current-limited connection from a first terminal of a first said electrical motor to a first logic circuit;
• a resistive connection between a second terminal of a said first said electrical motor to a first terminal of a second said electrical motor;
• a current-limited connection from a second terminal of said second said electrical motor to a second logic circuit;
• wherein said first and second logic circuits detect the sum of the back EMF of said two electrical motors and are in communication with a processor.

A toy skateboard assembly comprising:

• a deck having a first region, a second region, an upper surface, and a lower surface;
• a pair of non-motorized truck assemblies configured for separate attachment to the lower surface of the deck, the truck assemblies each having a pair of freely rotatable wheels, respectively, and wherein the pairs of wheels extend transversely to a longitudinal axis of the deck when attached;
• a motorized truck assembly configured for attachment to the lower surface of the deck, the motorized truck assembly configured to house at least (i) a battery, (ii) a processor, (iii) a receiver in communication with the processor, and (iv) a pair of motors, each motor separately controlling a motorized wheel, of a pair of motorized wheels, and wherein the pair of motorized wheels are positioned transversely to the longitudinal axis of the deck and behind one of said pair of freely rotatable wheels defined by the non-motorized truck assembly, and said receiver configured to receive signals to control the movement of the pair of motorized wheels;
• a first configuration, defined by having the pair of non-motorized truck assemblies separately attached to the lower surface towards the first region and towards the second region, and wherein the upper surface defines a finger engaging region for a user's fingers to engage and move the toy skateboard;
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• a second configuration, defined by removing one of the non-motorized truck assemblies and attaching the motorized truck assembly to the lower surface, wherein the movement of the toy skateboard is controllable by the processor in response to said signals.

A toy skateboard comprising:

• a deck having a pair of ends longitudinally separately along a longitudinal axis of the deck, an upper surface, and a lower surface;
• a motorized truck assembly secured to the lower surface, the motorized truck assembly having a housing configured to include a battery, a processor, at least a first pair of motors to separately drive a first pair of wheels positioned transversely to the longitudinal axis of the deck and positioned about one of the ends of the deck, and, a second pair of motors to separately drive a second pair of wheels positioned transversely to the longitudinal axis of the deck and positioned about the other end of the deck;
• a receiver in communication with the processor and configured to receive signals to control the movement of the pair of rear wheels;
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• a center of gravity defined by the toy skateboard and positioned below the lower surface of the deck.