Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Counter-rotating fin steering system for board sports
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Application No.: US17288584Application Date: 2020-11-12
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Publication No.: US11617937B2Publication Date: 2023-04-04
- Inventor: Brian Carr
- Applicant: Brian Carr
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Brian Carr
- Current Assignee: Brian Carr
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Anderson Gorecki LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2020/060122 WO 20201112
- International Announcement: WO2021/145944 WO 20210722
- Main IPC: A63C5/06
- IPC: A63C5/06 ; A63C10/00 ; A63C5/03 ; A63C5/04 ; A63C5/12 ; A63C10/14 ; A63C10/18

Abstract:
A steering system for a snowboard includes two binding interface pods, one of which may be active and one of which may be passive. Rotation or tilting of a top plate of the active binding interface pod in response to rotation or tilting of the rider's steering foot causes counter-rotation of a steering fin under the rider's steering foot. The passive binding interface pod is responsive via a linkage between the active and passive binding interface pods to cause rotation of a steering fin under the rider's non-steering foot. Coordinated counter-rotation of the steering fins causes the board to turn in the direction of rotation of the rider's steering foot when the steering fins are unaligned. Optionally, both binding pods may be active in steering, i.e. enabling two footed steering.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220362657A1 COUNTER-ROTATING FIN STEERING SYSTEM FOR BOARD SPORTS Public/Granted day:2022-11-17
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