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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2000
Dean L. Kamen, Bedford, NH (US);
Richard William Arling, Windham, NH (US);
J. Douglas Field, Bedford, NH (US);
John B. Morrell, Manchester, NH (US);
Jonathan B. Pompa, Allentown, NH (US);
DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US);
Abstract
Improvements to a motorized balancing personal transporter. An intelligent battery has a battery container sealed against moisture and a plurality of battery blocks housed within the battery container. Additionally, the battery pack has a plurality of sensors, each of which is for monitoring a characteristic of a distinct battery block. The battery pack has a processor that generates a fault flag for transmission to a circuit external to the battery container on occurrence of a critical fault and that transmits an identifying characteristic such as a battery serial number. Various mechanisms are provided for receiving rider input in order to direct steering of the vehicle. These include a rotatable grip for imparting rotary motion to a rotation sensor, a thumb-activated rotation sensor and a palm-activated sensor, each disposed on the handlebar of the vehicle.