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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Enrique Granell Peniche, Naucalpan de Juarez/DF, MX;
Luis Soni Gutierrez, Coyoacan/DF, MX;
Francisco Ronquillo, Puebla, MX;
David Castro Duran, Estado de Mexico, MX;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A transportation device includes a frame foldable between a bicycle configuration and a personal transporter configuration. A sensor configured to sense when the frame is in at least one of the bicycle configuration and the personal transporter configuration. A first wheel and a second wheel are each rotatably coupled to the frame. A first motor is coupled to the first wheel and a second motor is coupled to the second wheel. A controller is programmed to instruct the first motor to rotate in a first direction in response to a signal from the sensor that the frame is in the bicycle configuration, and to instruct the first motor to rotate in a second direction opposite the first direction in response to a signal from the sensor that the frame is in the personal transporter configuration.