Motorized vehicle

摘要

A motorized vehicle is disclosed including a deck to support a rider, at least two wheels coupled to the deck, a footpad rotatably coupled to the deck, and a drive motor coupled to one of the wheels and the footpad. The drive motor is configured to rotate one of the wheels when the footpad is in an engaged position. An actively stabilized motorized vehicle is also disclosed including a deck, a pair of in-line wheels coupled to the deck, a steering motor to adjust a steering angle of one of the wheels, a series of sensors to measure dynamic conditions of the motorized vehicle, a microprocessor to calculate, based on the dynamic conditions, a stabilizing steering angle acceleration of one of the wheels, and a controller to send a signal to the steering motor to steer the second wheel with the stabilizing steering angle acceleration to stabilize the vehicle.

主权项

1. A motorized vehicle, comprising:
a deck configured to support a rider; a plurality of wheels coupled to the deck; a footpad rotatably coupled to the deck, the footpad configured to rotate about an axis perpendicular to the deck between a neutral position and an engaged position; and a drive motor operatively coupled to at least one of the plurality of wheels and electrically coupled to the footpad, wherein the drive motor is configured to rotate the at least one of the plurality of wheels when the footpad is in the engaged position.