Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Roll stabilization apparatus for two-wheeled vehicles
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Application No.: US17608299Application Date: 2020-05-04
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Publication No.: US11884348B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Amos G. Winter , Guillermo Fabian Diaz Lankenau , Lea Daigle , Patrick Tornes , Eric Koch , Samuel Ihns , Jana Saadi , Jessica Wu
- Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2020/031380 2020.05.04
- International Announcement: WO2020/223736A 2020.11.05
- Date entered country: 2021-11-02
- Main IPC: B62H1/12
- IPC: B62H1/12 ; B62J25/06 ; B62H1/14

Abstract:
A balance board coupled to a two-wheeled vehicle to provide a moving platform that an operator of the vehicle can use to stabilize the vehicle. The balance board includes a coupling mechanism, a frame, one or more moving elements, and one or more foot support pedals. In one example, the balance board is mechanically passive such that the balance board maintains contact with the ground surface without an externally applied force (e.g., by the operator/user of the vehicle). In one aspect, the balance board may be rotatable about multiple rotational degrees of freedom to allow the balance board to steer as the vehicle turns.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220250700A1 ROLL STABILIZATION APPARATUS FOR TWO-WHEELED VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2022-08-11
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