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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2024
Applicant:
Future Motion, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kyle Jonathan Doerksen, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Daniel James Wood, Camas, WA (US);
Assignee:
Future Motion, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62J 50/22 (2020.01); B62J 43/30 (2020.01); B62J 45/412 (2020.01); B62K 11/00 (2006.01); B62M 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62J 50/22 (2020.02); B62J 43/30 (2020.02); B62K 11/007 (2016.11); B62M 7/12 (2013.01); B62J 45/412 (2020.02);
Abstract
A method for vibrationally notifying a rider of a self-balancing electric vehicle may include: operating a self-balancing electric vehicle, receiving, at a motor controller of a self-balancing electric vehicle, a measured value corresponding to a first parameter of the self-balancing electric vehicle, and applying a first pattern of vibrational impulses to a motor of the self-balancing electric vehicle in response to the self-balancing electric vehicle satisfying a first operational threshold value.