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US6302230:
Personal mobility vehicles and methods
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Kamen, Dean L.; Bedford, NH
Ambrogi, Robert R.; Manchester, NH
Duggan, Robert J.; Northwood, NH
Field, J. Douglas; Bedford, NH
Heinzmann, Richard Kurt; Francetown, NH
Amesbury, Burl; Cambridge, MA
Langenfeld, Christopher C.; Nashua, NH

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DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH
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2001-10-16
/ 1999-06-04

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US1999000325978

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An automatically balancing vehicle having a headroom monitor. The headroom monitor determines the difference between the maximum velocity of the vehicle and the present velocity of the vehicle. An alarm receives a signal from the headroom monitor and produces a warning when the headroom falls below a specified limit.

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Bromberg & Sunstein LLP ;

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Johnson, Brian L.; Luby, Matthew

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1. A vehicle for carrying a payload including a user, the vehicle comprising:
- a. a platform which supports the user;
- b. a ground-contacting module, to which the platform is mounted, which propels the user in desired motion over an underlying surface;
- c. a motorized drive arrangement, coupled to the ground-contacting module; the drive arrangement, ground-contacting module and payload comprising a system being unstable with respect to tipping when the motorized drive is not powered; the motorized drive arrangement causing, when powered, automatically balanced operation of the system wherein the vehicle has a present velocity and a maximum operating velocity, determined by a requirement of acceleration to maintain balance and, in operation, has a balancing margin determined by the difference between the maximum operating velocity and the present velocity of the vehicle;
- d. a balancing margin monitor, coupled to the ground-contacting module, for generating a signal characterizing the balancing margin; and
- e. an alarm, coupled to the balancing margin monitor, for receiving the signal characterizing the balancing margin and for warning when the balancing margin falls below a specified limit.

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