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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2006
Dean Kamen, Bedford, NH (US);
Robert R. Ambrogi, Manchester, NH (US);
J. Douglas Field, Bedford, NH (US);
John David Heinzmann, Manchester, NH (US);
Richard Kurt Heinzmann, Francestown, NH (US);
Christopher C. Langenfeld, Nashua, NH (US);
Dean Kamen, Bedford, NH (US);
Robert R. Ambrogi, Manchester, NH (US);
J. Douglas Field, Bedford, NH (US);
John David Heinzmann, Manchester, NH (US);
Richard Kurt Heinzmann, Francestown, NH (US);
Christopher C. Langenfeld, Nashua, NH (US);
DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US);
Abstract
A transporter for transporting a subject over a surface that may be irregular. The transporter includes a support platform for supporting a load, the loaded support platform defining fore-aft and lateral planes and characterized by a load distribution. A plurality of ground contacting elements are coupled to the support platform. At least one of the plurality of ground contacting elements is driven by a motorized drive arrangement. A sensor module generates a signal indicative of the load distribution of the loaded support platform. Based at least on the load distribution, a controller commands the motorized drive arrangement.