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Title: US6581714: Steering control of a personal transporter
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Inventor: Kamen, Dean L.; Bedford, NH
Arling, Richard William; Windham, NH
Field, J. Douglas; Bedford, NH
Morrell, John B.; Manchester, NH
Pompa, Jonathan B.; Allentown, NH

Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH
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Published / Filed: 2003-06-24 / 2000-10-13

Application Number: US2000000687789
IPC Code: Advanced: A61G 5/04; A61G 5/06; A61G 5/14; A63C 17/12; B62D 57/00; B62K 3/00; A61G 5/10; A61G 5/12; B60K 7/00;
IPC-7: B60K 26/00; B62D 51/04; H01C 13/00;

ECLA Code: L60K7/00;

U.S. Class: 180/333; 180/019.1; 180/078; 338/050;

Field of Search: 180/19.1-19.3,315,78,333 338/050,108,113,153

Priority Number:
2000-10-13  US2000000687789

Abstract:     Improvements to a motorized balancing personal transporter. An intelligent battery has a battery container sealed against moisture and a plurality of battery blocks housed within the battery container. Additionally, the battery pack has a plurality of sensors, each of which is for monitoring a characteristic of a distinct battery block. The battery pack has a processor that generates a fault flag for transmission to a circuit external to the battery container on occurrence of a critical fault and that transmits an identifying characteristic such as a battery serial number. Various mechanisms are provided for receiving rider input in order to direct steering of the vehicle. These include a rotatable grip for imparting rotary motion to a rotation sensor, a thumb-activated rotation sensor and a palm-activated sensor, each disposed on the handlebar of the vehicle.

Attorney, Agent or Firm: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP ;

Primary / Asst. Examiners: Morris, Lesley D.; Luby, Matthew
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Parent Case:     The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/325,976, filed Jun. 4, 1999, itself a continuation in part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/479,901, filed Jun. 7, 1995, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,975,225, which is a continuation in part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/384,705, filed Feb. 3, 1995, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,971,091, which is a continuation in part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/250,693, filed May 27, 1994, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,701,965, which in turn is a continuation in part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/021,789, filed Feb. 24, 1993, now abandoned, all of which applications are hereby incorporated by reference.

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Show all 2 claims		 What is claimed is:     1. A steering device for a motorized vehicle having a handlebar, the steering device comprising:
  • (a) a rotation sensor coupled to the handlebar for generating a steering command upon rotation of the sensor about a single axis;
  • (b) a rotatable grip for imparting rotary motion to the rotation sensor; and
  • (c) a torsional spring for restoring the rotatable grip to a neutral position upon release of the grip.
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