Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamically balanced flywheel
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Application No.: US13777919Application Date: 2013-02-26
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Publication No.: US09273961B2Publication Date: 2016-03-01
- Inventor: Daniel Kee Young Kim
- Applicant: Lit Motors Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: Lit Motors Corporation
- Current Assignee: Lit Motors Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP
- Main IPC: A63G25/00
- IPC: A63G25/00 ; G01C19/06 ; F16F15/315

Abstract:
In embodiments of the invention, a vehicle stabilization control unit may determine a control moment value for one or more gyroscopes coupled to a vehicle frame to exert for stabilization of the vehicle frame. A number of input axes for the flywheels of the one or more gyroscopes to precess may be increased in order to generate the determined control moment value. In some embodiments, the one or more gyroscopes are further coupled to a turntable, and increasing the number of input axes for the flywheels comprises rotating the turntable. Furthermore, in some embodiments, the one or more gyroscopes comprise at least two gyroscopes coupled inline to the vehicle frame (e.g., aligned lengthwise with respect to the front and rear wheel to spin and precess in opposite directions with respect to each other).
Public/Granted literature
- US20130233100A1 Dynamically balanced flywheel Public/Granted day:2013-09-12
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