System And Method For Regulated And/Or Limited Speed Control
AssigneeRollersafe AS
InventorAtle STUBBERUD
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Abstract
Provided is a speed control system, a method for using a speed control system, a use of a speed control system, a roller ski using the speed control system, and a ski pole insert for the speed control system. A speed control system (1) for limiting and/or regulating the speed of a wheeled article (2) is provided, wherein the wheeled article (2) comprises a body (4) and one or more wheels (6), the speed control system (1) adapted to, by actuation of a user actuator (12), actuate one or more brake units (10), and a restriction means (14) to limit the magnitude of a braking force applied to the one or more wheels (6) so as to enable a safe and controlled reduction in speed.
Claims69
A speed control system for a wheeled article which is adapted to regulate and/or limit the speed of the wheeled article, the wheeled article comprising a body and one or more wheels mounted to the body, the speed control system comprising;
- one or more brake units provided so as to engage one or more of the one or more wheels and apply a braking force thereto;
- a user actuator disposed so as to be operable by a user;
- a control unit adapted to receive a signal indicative of the actuation of the user actuator when operated by the user and actuate the one or more brake units to engage the one or more wheels;
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- restriction means adapted to limit the magnitude of the braking force applied to the one or more wheels from the one or more brake units.
The speed control system of claim 34, wherein the output of the one or more terrain sensors is a measure of the roughness of the terrain, and the control unit actuates the one or more brake units if the roughness of the terrain is greater than the threshold.
A method of speed control for a wheeled article comprising regulating and/or limiting the speed of a wheeled article, the method comprising:
- actuating a user actuator, the user actuator linked to one or more braking units of the wheeled article;
- restricting a limit of the magnitude of a braking force to be applied to the wheeled article by the one or more brake units to a predefined level;
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- applying the braking force to one or more wheels of the wheeled article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.