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US6508319:
Automobile ingress/egress system
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Langenfeld, Christopher C.; Nashua, NH
Smith, III, Stanley B.; Henniker, NH
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| Assignee: |
Deka Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH
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| Published / Filed: |
2003-01-21
/ 1999-03-25
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| Application Number: |
US1999000276326
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61G 3/00;
A61G 3/06;
A61G 5/00;
A61G 5/04;
A61G 3/02;
IPC-7:
B60K 1/00;
B62D 57/036;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61G3/06; A61G5/04; K61G3/02A; K61G5/10S2;
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| U.S. Class: |
180/065.1;
180/065.8;
180/007.1;
280/250.1;
280/304.1;
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| Field of Search: |
280/250.1,304.1,807,751
180/65.1,7.1,167,6.5,8.2,907,65.8
296/65.12,65.13,65.15,65.01
297/346,347,335
414/921
701/093
318/625
091/363 A
056/11.9
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| Priority Number: |
| 1999-03-25 |
US1999000276326 |
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US1998000079358P |
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| Abstract: |
A system for enabling a person to enter an enclosed vehicle such as an automobile and to load a personal vehicle such as a wheelchair into the enclosed vehicle. A force sensing handle facilitates control of the personal vehicle by the subject who is no longer supported by the personal vehicle or by another person. In some embodiments of the invention, a transfer mechanism is provided from within the enclosed vehicle for transferring the subject to a seat of the enclosed vehicle.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Bromberg & Sunstein LLP ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Johnson, Brian L; Phan, Hau
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| Parent Case: |
The present application claims priority from U.S. provisional application No. 60/079,358, filed Mar. 25, 1998, which is herein incorporated by reference.
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| Designated Country: |
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE AU CA CN EP JP KR MX NO NZ RU
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A system for enabling a person to enter and exit an enclosed vehicle and to load and unload a dynamically balanced personal vehicle into the enclosed vehicle without the assistance of another person, the system comprising:
- a. the dynamically balanced personal vehicle including:
- (i) a support for supporting said person during locomotion by means of said personal vehicle;
- (ii) at least one axle characterized by a disposition with respect to the support, the axle having a wheel rotatably mounted to said axle and defining an axis of rotation along said axle;
- (iii) a first actuator coupled to the personal vehicle for driving the wheel about the axis of rotation; and
- (iv) a second actuator coupled to the personal vehicle for varying the disposition of the axis of rotation with respect to the support;
- b. a control loop for energizing at least one of the first and second actuators on the basis of at least the disposition of the axis of rotation with respect to the support; and
- c. a control input unit for providing commands to the control loop of the personal vehicle for governing the operation of the personal vehicle from outside the personal vehicle and for causing the personal vehicle to enter and exit the enclosed vehicle by operation of the second actuator to vary the disposition of the axis of rotation during operation of the first actuator to drive the wheel.
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