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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
Deka Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US);
Dean Kamen, Bedford, NH (US);
Robert R. Ambrogi, Manchester, NH (US);
James J. Dattolo, Somerville, MA (US);
Robert J. Duggan, Strafford, NH (US);
J. Douglas Field, Bedford, NH (US);
Richard Kurt Heinzmann, Francestown, NH (US);
Matthew M. McCambridge, Madison, WI (US);
John B. Morrell, Bedford, NH (US);
Michael D. Piedmonte, Warrenton, VA (US);
Richard J. Rosasco, Millersville, MD (US);
DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Manchester, NH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus controller for prompting a rider to be positioned on a vehicle in such a manner as to reduce lateral instability due to lateral acceleration of the vehicle. The apparatus has an input for receiving specification from the rider of a desired direction of travel, and indicating means for reflecting to the rider a propitious instantaneous body orientation to enhance stability in the face of lateral acceleration. The indicating may include a handlebar that is pivotable with respect to the vehicle and that is driven in response to vehicle turning.