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Patent No.:

US 11724762 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2017

Motorcycle with obstacle sensor

Applicant:

Piaggio & C. Spa, Pontedera, IT;

Inventors:

Mario Donato Santucci, Pontedera, IT;

Onorino Di Tanna, Pontedera, IT;

Assignee:

PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A., Pontedera, IL;

Attorney:

Cantor Colburn LLP

Primary Examiner:

Mohamed Barakat

Assistant Examiner:

Rufus C Point

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62J 6/01 (2020.01); B62J 6/04 (2020.01); B62J 27/00 (2020.01); B60Q 1/52 (2006.01); B60Q 1/44 (2006.01); B62M 7/12 (2006.01); B60Q 1/46 (2006.01); B60Q 1/38 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); G01S 15/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); B62J 6/26 (2020.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B62J 6/045 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62J 6/26 (2020.02); B60Q 1/38 (2013.01); B60Q 1/44 (2013.01); B60Q 1/46 (2013.01); B60Q 1/525 (2013.01); B62J 6/01 (2020.02); B62J 6/045 (2020.02); B62M 7/12 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 15/931 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 2013/9323 (2020.01); G01S 2013/9324 (2020.01); G01S 2013/9325 (2013.01); G01S 2013/93271 (2020.01); G01S 2013/93272 (2020.01);
Abstract

A motorcycle including a motorcycle body having a front part, a tail part and a central part between the front part and the tail part front and rear wheels constrained to the motorcycle body (), a traction engine constrained to the motorcycle body () and operatively connected to at least one of the wheels, at least one optical signalling device fixed to the motorcycle body arranged and oriented so as to be visible by a vehicle that is following the motorcycle, an electronic control unit of the optical signalling device operatively connected to the optical signalling device, an obstacle sensor fixed to the motorcycle body () and operatively connected to the electronic control unit, where the electronic control unit is adapted and configured to receive at least one output signal supplied by the obstacle sensor, verifying whether said output signal meets at least one logical activation condition and, in such case, turning on the optical signalling device to signal a risk of collision with the motorcycle to the vehicle which follows the motorcycle, and where the obstacle sensor is arranged and oriented so that the output signal supplied to the electronic control unit carries information correlated to the presence of obstacles placed in front of the motor cycle.

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