Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle with variable overall length and method for selectively changing the length
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Application No.: US17599778Application Date: 2020-03-27
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Publication No.: US11352092B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Vincent Froidevaux , Eric Fournier , Maxime Dumont
- Applicant: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
- Applicant Address: CA Valcourt
- Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
- Current Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Valcourt
- Agency: BCF LLP
- International Application: PCT/IB2020/052969 WO 20200327
- International Announcement: WO2020/201970 WO 20201008
- Main IPC: B62K15/00
- IPC: B62K15/00 ; B62K11/02 ; B62J43/16

Abstract:
A vehicle including a front module including a front wheel and a rear module selectively moveably connected to the front module, the rear module including a rear wheel. The vehicle further includes an electric motor assembly, a mode selector, at least one extension assembly connected between the front module and the rear module for selectively extending and retracting to provide a selective variation in an overall length of the vehicle; and a vehicle control unit being communicatively connected between the mode selector and the electric motor assembly. The vehicle control unit performs a method for selectively changing the overall vehicle length. The method includes receiving from the mode selector an indication to change the overall length, determining that the front wheel is rotationally locked, and causing an electric motor to drive the rear wheel such that the rear module translates relative to the front module.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220089244A1 VEHICLE WITH VARIABLE OVERALL LENGTH AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY CHANGING THE LENGTH Public/Granted day:2022-03-24
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