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US 5,364,271 AGranted
Bicycle and motorcycle riding simulation system
AssigneeAtari Games Corporation
InventorsJack Aknin, Wade Winblad, Dennis Harper
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Abstract
A bicycle simulator having a follower assembly, a wheelie assembly and power assistance resistance means. A motorcycle simulator having a coupler, a slew generator and a throttle handle. The bicycle and motorcycle simulators having a computer, motors, sensors, controls, and a video display.
Claims38
A vehicle simulator, comprising:
- a frame on which a person can sit;
- a coupler movably connected to the frame;
- a beam movably connected to the coupler;
- a video monitor;
- a computer having a predetermined computer program stored therein, the computer being electrically connected to the video monitor for displaying a changing video image on the monitor in response to the predetermined computer program, the computer also being operably engaged with the frame;
- a control electrically connected to the computer, the control being manipulable by a person sitting on the frame for generating a control signal and sending the control signal to the computer for causing the computer to move the frame relative to the beam in response to the control signal and to change the video display on the monitor in response to the control signal;
- a wheelie motor, responsive to signals from the computer;
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- a cam operably connected to the wheelie motor, the cam also being operably connected to the frame for translating rotational motion of the wheelie motor into translational motion of the frame relative to the beam.
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A vehicle simulator, comprising:
- a frame having a longitudinal axis on which a person can sit;
- a handlebar rotatably attached to the frame at substantially one end of the longitudinal axis of the frame
- a slew generator including an elongated rolling pin rotatably disposed adjacent a rear portion of the frame distanced from the handlebar and oriented such that the longitudinal axis of the rolling pin is generally perpendicular to the axis of the frame, a motor coupled to the rolling pin for causing the rolling pin to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the rolling pin and a pallet roller mounted on the frame and disposed on the rolling pin;
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- a linkage system interconnecting the handlebar and pallet roller of the slew generator for causing the pallet roller to be disposed on the rolling pin so that the rotational motion of the rolling pin causes the frame to move in response to rotational movement of the handlebar.
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The simulator of claim 31, wherein the coupler comprises four links.
A throttle handle for a vehicle simulator, comprising:
- an annular hollow grip having a wall, a closed end, and an open end, and defining a longitudinal axis;
- an elongated shaft disposed within the annular grip coaxially with the grip, the shaft having a first end attached to the closed end of the grip and a second end;
- a handlebar having an open end, wherein the second end of the shaft extends into the open end of the handlebar, the handlebar being attached to the vehicle simulator;
- a potentiometer mounted on the handlebar and operably connected to the second end of the shaft for generating a control signal in response to rotational movement of the grip indicative of rotational movement of the grip;
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- a support tube positioned in the grip between the wall of the grip and the shaft, the support tube having an end, the end of the support tube being connected to the handlebar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.