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US5794730:
Indication system for vehicle
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Kamen, Dean L.; Bedford, NH
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| Assignee: |
DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH
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| Published / Filed: |
1998-08-18
/ 1997-06-23
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| Application Number: |
US1997000880574
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61G 5/04;
A61G 5/06;
A61G 5/14;
B62D 57/00;
A61G 5/10;
A61G 5/12;
B60K 7/00;
IPC-7:
B62D 61/12;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61G5/06A; A61G5/04; A61G5/06B2; A61G5/06D; A61G5/14; B62D57/00; B62K3/00D; K61G5/10S2; K61G5/10S10; K61G5/10S14; K61G5/12E; K61G5/12H; K61G203/14; K61G203/20; L60K7/00;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
180/007.1;
180/008.2;
180/065.1;
180/907;
340/384.5;
340/407.1;
340/441;
340/459;
700/071;
Original:
180/007.1;
180/008.2;
180/065.1;
180/907;
340/441;
340/459;
340/407.1;
340/384.5;
364/176;
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| Field of Search: |
180/7.1,8.2,8.3,8.5,8.6,65.1,65.8,907,118,6.48,6.5,6.54,41,21
280/5.2,5.26,5.28,5.31,6.1,205,DIG. 10
340/441,459,407.1,466,460,474,432,384.5
318/611,648,649
901/001
395/080
364/176,463,424.05,424.06
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| Abstract: |
There is provided, in a preferred embodiment, a transportation vehicle for transporting an individual over ground having a surface that may be irregular. This embodiment has a support for supporting the subject. A ground-contacting module, movably attached to the support, serves to suspend the subject in the support over the surface. The orientation of the ground-contacting module defines fore-aft and lateral planes intersecting one another at a vertical. The support and the ground-contacting module are components of an assembly. A motorized drive, mounted to the assembly and coupled to the ground-contacting module, causes locomotion of the assembly and the subject therewith over the surface. Finally, the embodiment has a control loop, in which the motorized drive is included, for dynamically enhancing stability in the fore-aft plane by operation of the motorized drive in connection with the ground-contacting module. The ground contacting module may be realized as a pair of ground-contacting members, laterally disposed with respect to one another. The ground-contacting members may be wheels. Alternatively, each ground-contacting member may include a cluster of wheels. In another embodiment, each ground-contacting member includes a pair of axially adjacent and rotatably mounted arcuate element pairs. Related methods are also provided, including an indication system which modulates the pitch and repetition rate of an audible or tactile signal in accordance with speed and orientation of the vehicle.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Bromberg & Sunstein LLP ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Boehler, Anne Marie;
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| US1995000474313 | 1995-06-07 |
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Human transporter
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| US1993000021789 | 1993-02-24 |
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| Parent Case: |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/474,313, filed Jun. 7, 1995, now abandoned which is a continuation of pending application Ser. No. 08/384,705, filed Feb. 3, 1995, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/250,693, filed May 27, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,701,965, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/021,789, filed Feb. 24, 1993, now abandoned.
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. An indication system for a vehicle operated by a human subject, the vehicle having a speed and an orientation, the system comprising:
- means for generating a sound output having a pulse sequence, a pitch, and a repetition rate; and
- a modulator for modulating one of the pitch and the repetition rate in accordance with speed and the other as a continuous function of orientation.
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