Children's ride-on vehicle with electronic speed control

A children's ride-on vehicle, comprising:

• a body having a seat adapted to receive a child;
• a plurality of wheels rotatably coupled to the body, wherein the plurality of wheels includes a driven wheel assembly and a steerable wheel assembly;
• a steering assembly having a steering mechanism positioned for actuation by a child sitting on the seat and operatively connected to the steerable wheel assembly to transmit user-selected steering inputs to the steerable wheel assembly;
• and
• a drive assembly, comprising:
• a battery-powered motor assembly adapted to drive the rotation of the driven wheel assembly to propel the vehicle along a riding surface;
• at least one user input device that is positioned for actuation by a child sitting on the seat and adapted to receive a user input selecting a selected rotational input;
• and
• an electronic speed controller adapted to regulate the rate at which the selected rotational input is transmitted to the driven wheel assembly, wherein the electronic speed controller is adapted to regulate the transmission of a first percentage of the selected rotational input to the driven wheel assembly upon receipt of the user input selecting the selected rotational input, wherein the first percentage is less than 100% of the selected rotational input, and further wherein upon transmission of the first percentage of the selected rotational input, at least a second percentage of the selected rotational input is transmitted to the driven wheel assembly.

A children's ride-on vehicle, comprising:

• a body having a seat adapted to receive a child;
• a plurality of wheels rotatably coupled to the body, wherein the plurality of wheels includes a driven wheel assembly and a steerable wheel assembly;
• a steering assembly having a steering mechanism positioned for actuation by a child sitting on the seat and operatively connected to the steerable wheel assembly to transmit user-selected steering inputs to the steerable wheel assembly;
• and
• a drive assembly, comprising:
• a battery-powered motor assembly adapted to drive the rotation of the driven wheel assembly to propel the vehicle along a riding surface;
• at least one user input device that is positioned for actuation by a child sitting on the seat and adapted to receive a user input selecting a selected rotational input;
• and
• an electronic speed controller adapted to regulate the rate at which the selected rotational input is transmitted to the driven wheel assembly, wherein the electronic speed controller includes a microprocessor and further wherein the electronic speed controller is adapted to regulate the actuations of the motor assembly through microprocessor-based duty cycle ramping.

A children's ride-on vehicle, comprising:

• a body having a seat adapted to receive a child;
• a plurality of wheels rotatably coupled to the body, wherein the plurality of wheels includes a driven wheel assembly and a steerable wheel assembly;
• a steering assembly having a steering mechanism positioned for actuation by a child sitting on the seat and operatively connected to the steerable wheel assembly to transmit user-selected steering inputs to the steerable wheel assembly;
• and
• a drive assembly, comprising:
• a battery-powered motor assembly adapted to drive the rotation of the driven wheel assembly to propel the vehicle along a riding surface;
• at least one user input device that is positioned for actuation by a child sitting on the seat and adapted to receive a user input selecting a selected rotational input;
• and
• an electronic speed controller adapted to regulate the rate at which the selected rotational input is transmitted to the driven wheel assembly, wherein the electronic speed controller includes a microprocessor and further wherein the electronic speed controller is adapted to regulate the transmission of the selected rotational input through pulse width modulation of the actuation of the motor assembly.