5501results about "Motorcycles" patented technology

A method of dynamically defining a region proximal to a motorcycle in a lane of a road, including: determining a lateral position of the motorcycle in the lane of the road; defining a forward proximity region having a forward proximity region shape defined by an outer perimeter of the forward proximity region, a forward length, a first lateral forward width at a first end that extends substantially from the first lane boundary to the second lane boundary along an axis normal to the first and second lane boundaries and that intersects a portion of the motorcycle, and a second lateral forward width at a second end forward of the motorcycle and that is less than the first lateral forward width; and changing the forward proximity region shape based on a change of the lateral position of the motorcycle in the lane of the road.

Electric and hybrid off-road vehicles, accessories and frames therefor are provided. An off-road vehicle comprises a frame assembly, at least one front and rear wheel, at least one electric motor, at least one battery and at least one final drive unit operatively coupled to at least one wheel. The electric motor is operatively coupled to the final drive unit for transferring torque from the electric motor to the wheel. A battery assembly having electric components integrated thereto is provided. A structural battery is configured to provide a structural connection between at least two of a top, bottom, front and rear portions of a frame assembly for an off-road vehicle, and for receiving loads therefrom. Improved drivetrain arrangements provide flexibility in operating an off-road vehicle and improve overall performance. The environmental impact of off-road vehicles is reduced. Weight and complexity of off-road vehicle frames are reduced without affecting stability or safety.

A powered balancing mobility device that can provide the user the ability to safely navigate expected environments of daily living including the ability to maneuver in confined spaces and to climb curbs, stairs, and other obstacles, and to travel safely and comfortably in vehicles. The mobility device can provide elevated, balanced travel.

A chainless hybrid electric bicycle includes a bicycle body. A generator, a battery pack, a driving motor and a manual switch are mounted on the bicycle body. The generator is coaxially mounted with the pedal transmission unit, so that the generator generates an electric power when the rider works the pedals. The battery pack is electrically connected to the generator for storing the electric power generated by the generator. The driving motor drives the wheels of the bicycle body to run. The rider selects the electric power from the generator or the battery pack through the manual switch to drive the driving motor to run, which in turn drives the bicycle body to move forward. The chainless hybrid electric bicycle has the advantage of a hybrid power drive system, without using traditional mechanical transmission components such as chains and chainrings.

Footpad assemblies of the present disclosure include a footpad configured to be coupled to a frame of an electric vehicle and a foot engagement structure coupled to the footpad. The foot engagement structure is configured to contact the rider's foot to prevent undesired movement of the rider's foot during use of the electric vehicle. The footpad includes a recess defined in an upper surface of the footpad and an insert is disposed in the recess and coupled to the footpad. The insert is operatively coupled to the foot engagement structure. The foot engagement structure may comprise a foot stop extending above the footpad and configured to abut a side portion of the rider's foot and / or a traction insert configured to contact a bottom of the user's foot to provide grip or traction. The position and rotational orientation of the foot stop relative to the footpad is configured to be adjustable by a user.

An electric vehicle battery control system including a first electric motor configured to propel a vehicle in a drive mode in response to a drive current, a second electric motor operative to generate a back electromotive force voltage in a fault mode, a battery, having an open circuit battery discharge voltage, for generating the drive current for coupling to the first electric motor, and a vehicle controller for limiting the drive current in response to a difference between the back electromotive force voltage and the open circuit battery discharge voltage being less than a threshold voltage difference.

The present invention provides a motorcycle tire capable of suppressing water splashing forward for a long period of time. A motorcycle tire (1) has a circumferential groove (3). The circumferential groove (3) includes a plurality of first inclined portions (8) and a plurality of second inclined portions (9) that are inclined. The circumferential groove (3) includes a pair of groove walls (12). In a groove cross-section of the first inclined portion (8), each of the pair of groove walls (12) is inclined toward the first tread edge (T1) toward the inside in the tire radial direction with respect to a tread normal line (n). In a groove cross-section of the second inclined portion (9), each of the pair of groove walls (12) is inclined toward a second tread end (T2) toward the inside in the tire radial direction with respect to a tread normal (n).

A system and method in a building or vehicle for an actuator operation in response to a sensor according to a control logic, the system comprising a router or a gateway communicating with a device associated with the sensor and a device associated with the actuator over in-building or in-vehicle networks, and an external Internet-connected control server associated with the control logic implementing a PID closed linear control loop and communicating with the router over external network for controlling the in-building or in-vehicle phenomenon. The sensor may be a microphone or a camera, and the system may include voice or image processing as part of the control logic. A redundancy is used by using multiple sensors or actuators, or by using multiple data paths over the building or vehicle internal or external communication. The networks may be wired or wireless, and may be BAN, PAN, LAN, WAN, or home networks.

The present invention provides a motorcycle tire capable of improving uneven wear resistance while maintaining wet performance. A motorcycle tire (1) has a tread portion (2). A tread portion (2) is provided with a plurality of first inclined grooves (3) that open from a crown region (Cr) toward a first tread edge (T1). The first inclined groove (3) includes a first portion (7) in which the groove width (W1) decreases from the crown region (Cr) toward the first tread edge (T1), and a second portion (8) in which the groove width (W1) increases toward the first tread edge (T1) to the first tread edge (T1).

The invention provides a dynamic power adaptive charging control system and method based on a W algorithm, and relates to the technical field of electric two-wheeled vehicle charging control. The system comprises a battery state sensing module, a charging power standard calculation module, a regulation and control model construction module, a model dynamic optimization module and a deviation early warning and regulation and control module. The battery state sensing module generates battery charging basic data; the charging power standard calculation module calculates a charging operation power standard value; the regulation and control model construction module generates an initial power regulation and control curve; the model dynamic optimization module calculates a self-adaptive charging power regulation and control curve; and the deviation early warning and regulation module realizes self-adaptive regulation of the charging power of the electric two-wheeled vehicle. According to the method, the power grid adaptability correction model is constructed and the regional differentiation parameters are introduced, so that power grid fluctuation is flexibly coped, wide-voltage stable operation is guaranteed, and the adaptability, the safety and the intelligent level of the electric two-wheeled vehicle charging system are comprehensively enhanced.

The invention discloses a frame manufacturing method and a frame, relates to the technical field of frame production, and aims to solve the problem that a welding seam at the splicing position of an existing motorcycle frame is obvious. According to the technical scheme, the method is characterized by comprising the following steps that S1, a metal plate is provided as a raw material, and a frame blank is formed through cutting; s2, the frame blank is placed in a stretching die on a hydraulic machine to be subjected to pressure forming, deformation of the frame blank is controlled through a cavity of the stretching die, and a continuous streamline curved surface is formed on a frame body; and S3, laser cutting is carried out on the frame body based on artificial intelligence. The method comprises the following sub-steps that S3.1, actual three-dimensional point cloud data of the surface of the stretched and formed frame body are obtained through an optical scanning system. According to the method, dense welding seams of traditional multi-section splicing are thoroughly eliminated through the integrated streamline forming technology, intelligent prediction and self-adaptive correction are conducted on material springback and thermal deformation in combination with the AI dynamic compensation cutting technology, and precise adaptation of the frame contour and the motor interface is achieved.

An electric vehicle includes: a main frame extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; and a sound generation device disposed at one or more locations at a front portion and / or a rear portion of the electric vehicle such that sound from the sound generation device is audible to pedestrians and riders of other vehicles thereby alerting movement of the electric vehicle.

A modular electric wheel assembly. The assembly including a motor with a rotor in a rotary union with a stator. The motor of the brushless DC type and including a circular rotor rotating about a central axis and including a central hollow axle. The hollow axle configured for coupling with a removable energy source and / or an external energy source and including attachment structures for a plurality of attachments to enable riding by a user or configuration within a parent vehicle such as a bicycle or moped, or use as another machine type, such as a power tool or power generation machine. The rotor configured with a quick-change mechanism through a first ring configured to accept a plurality of removable wheel types and rotatable attachments, enabling a user to select a variety of unique wheel / tire types and configurations for a variety of applications.

A vehicle control device of the embodiment includes a recognizer that recognizes a surrounding situation of a host vehicle; and a driving controller that controls one or both of steering or acceleration / deceleration of the host vehicle to cause the host vehicle to travel, wherein the driving controller causes the host vehicle to travel in any of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode in which the host vehicle travels so that the speed of the host vehicle reaches a target speed, and the driving controller restricts the execution of at least the first driving mode when a specific object is recognized in a traveling direction of the host vehicle based on map information or a recognition result from the recognizer during the execution of the first driving mode.

The invention discloses a gravity center self-adjustment control system and method based on an electric balance car, and relates to the technical field of electric balance car control, and the gravity center self-adjustment control system comprises a multi-source sensing module, a control decision module, a multi-mode execution module and a safety control module. According to the invention, attitude, pressure, motion and environment data are fused in real time through the multi-source sensing module, three types of instability risks of sudden lateral offset, continuous slope offset and load distribution abnormity are accurately identified, and the control decision module intelligently starts differential compensation, wheel track adjustment or counterweight adjustment according to risk types. The multi-mode executing mechanism can cope with composite unbalance in a cooperative mode, the safety control module adopts a dynamic threshold value to adjust intervention sensitivity, multiple guarantees are formed in combination with a fault diagnosis and speed reduction parking mechanism, and finally the control burden of a user is relieved while the trafficability of complex road conditions is improved.

The invention relates to a waist hanging type three-wheel moped based on multi-sensor data fusion driving. Comprising a wearing waistcoat, a button buckle device, a traction device, a middle rotating device, a wheel leg device, a vehicle body fixing frame, an integrated control box and a driving rear wheel. The wearable waistcoat is connected with the middle rotating device through a button buckling device and a traction device, and two driving rear wheels are symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the bottom of the vehicle body fixing frame; an inertial measurement unit IMU is arranged on the wearing waistcoat, a wheel leg driving motor is provided with an absolute value encoder, a wheel leg knee joint torque sensor is arranged in a wheel leg device, a driving rear wheel torque sensor is arranged on an inner side shaft of a driving rear wheel, and a rotating speed encoder is arranged between a driving rear wheel shell and the driving rear wheel torque sensor. The control flexibility is improved, interference to human body movement is reduced, the wheel speed of the driving rear wheel can be adjusted in real time along with the human body movement, the wheel leg driving joint angle is adjusted in real time according to the road condition change, damage to the human body is reduced, and adaptability is improved.

The invention relates to the technical field of artificial intelligence, in particular to a vehicle condition data exception handling system based on clustering analysis, which comprises a data vector module for processing according to collected historical normal sample data and calculating a first data vector; the vector processing module comprises a data acquisition unit, a running state vector unit and a judgment unit; the data acquisition unit constructs a multi-dynamic sensor network and acquires real-time data of the motorcycle in accordance with the first data vector; the operation state vector unit processes frequency spectrum information of the data in the real-time data through Fourier transform, and calculates a multi-feature information fusion vector; the judgment unit establishes a clustering analysis model to process the obtained multi-feature information fusion vector to obtain a first clustering result and a second clustering result; and the controller obtains a second clustering result and performs automatic adjustment according to a reinforcement learning algorithm.

A personal mobility device includes a deck, wheels positioned at opposing ends of the deck, a pole extending at a proximal end from a first wheel of the wheels, and a handle located at a distal end of the pole. The deck includes a deck hinge located between a first deck end and a second deck end, and a deck latch operably connected to the deck hinge to retain the deck in an extended position, and configured such that releasing of the deck latch allows for folding of the deck about the deck hinge toward a folded position.

The present disclosure provides a docking module for a two-wheeled personal vehicle which is capable of performing an assisted docking protocol to automatically lift a vehicle into a vertical position during the docking process to provide more space-efficient storage. Vehicles docked this way are securely stored until needed and can then be undocked in similarly assisted manner. The docking module achieves this using a motorized assembly that lifts a front wheel clamp up from the ground in response to a wheel sensor trigger. The lifting continues until the same wheel sensor detects proximity of the rear wheel of the vehicle, at which point the vehicle is locked into place. No lifting is required by the user, and the modular design of the dock allows installation on various anchor points.

A method for controlling an electric two-wheel vehicle that enables a rider to start driving without a sense of discomfort when operating a clutch to perform a start operation. The control method is a method for controlling an electric two-wheel vehicle, the electric two-wheel vehicle including a motor, a clutch, and a stepped transmission, the method including: a disengagement detecting step of detecting a transition from a state in which the clutch is disengaged to a state in which the clutch is engaged; an accelerator operation detecting step of detecting an amount of accelerator operation performed by a rider after the engagement of the clutch; a target motor rotation speed setting step of setting a target motor rotation speed based on the accelerator operation amount; and a motor rotation speed controlling step of controlling a rotation speed of the motor based on the target motor rotation speed.

The invention discloses an integrated electric motorcycle driving system which comprises a motor shell, a controller, a motor and a speed reducer are arranged in the motor shell, the controller and the speed reducer are located at the two ends of the motor respectively, and the inherent defects of a traditional electric motorcycle driving system are overcome by deeply integrating independent subsystems together. The motor has the advantages of high power density, low noise, small torque fluctuation, flexible configuration and the like, and meets the market demand.

A motorcycle that inhibits damage to a transmission and a clutch. The motorcycle includes: a drive motor; a transmission; a clutch that connects or disconnects power transmission between the transmission and the drive motor; a mechanical oil pump that is driven by the drive motor to supply a coolant to the drive motor and the transmission; and a control portion that drives the drive motor to supply the coolant to the drive motor and the transmission if an accelerator operation is not detected and a neutral state is detected, or if an accelerator operation is not detected and a disconnected state of the clutch is detected.

Electric vehicle structure (1) comprising at least two wheels (Ra, Rp), a frame (2) of the motorcycle type having a longitudinal axis (A) and a saddle (S) for a rider wherein a portion of the central frame (2b) is configured in a cradle-like fashion so as to house a container (7) for transporting luggage (B), objects or the like (C), designed so as to occupy, in an electric drive motor bike, substantially the space that would be occupied by the combustion engine in a combustion engine-driven motor bike.

An electric vehicle including a frame; at least one ground-engaging member operatively connected to the frame; an electric motor operatively connected to the at least one ground-engaging member; an electric powerpack supported by the frame, the powerpack including: a battery pack defining a battery cooling channel; and a plurality of battery cells housed in the battery housing; a charger defining a charger cooling channel; an inverter including an inverter cooling channel, the battery cooling channel, the charger cooling channel, and the inverter cooling channel being fluidly connected together by rigid fluid connections; radiators fluidly connected to the battery cooling channel; a cooling circuit being formed at least in part by the battery cooling channel, the charger cooling channel, the inverter cooling channel, and the at least one radiator; and a pump fluidly connected to the cooling circuit for pumping liquid coolant through the cooling circuit.

The present disclosure obtains a controller and a control method capable of executing an automatic speed following operation in group travel appropriately.A controller (20), which maneuvers an ego vehicle (1) that is a saddled vehicle, comprises an execution section (21) that is configured to execute an automatic speed following operation by controlling a longitudinal positional relationship. The longitudinal positional relationship is a positional relationship between the ego vehicle (1) and a target vehicle (2b) along a front-rear direction. The automatic speed following operation is an operation in which a speed of the ego vehicle (1) is adjusted according to a speed of the target vehicle (2b) so that the ego vehicle (1) is maneuvered to follow the target vehicle (2b) automatically. The controller (20) further comprises an acquisition section (22) that is configured to acquire a lateral positional relationship information as information about a positional relationship between the ego vehicle (1) and the target vehicle (2b) along a lateral direction. When a group ride mode, in which a plurality of saddled vehicles including the ego vehicle (1) and the target vehicle (2b) travel in a group, is valid, the execution section (21), in the automatic speed following operation, executes a first operation mode in which the longitudinal positional relationship is adjusted to have an approaching tendency and a second operation mode in which the longitudinal positional relationship is adjusted to have a separating tendency. The execution section (21) executes the first operation mode and the second operation mode based on the lateral positional relationship information.

The structure and operation of a logistical system for charging electrical vehicles (EVs) are described. The logistical system may include synergistically interacting hardware and software components on a computer of a charging service, a plurality of EVs, and a plurality of charging stations. Charge information describing conditions of a battery of an EV, and EV location information, may be sent to the charging service computer. An application operating on the EV and / or driver's mobile device may receive data from the charging service, which may include a location of a charging station capable of charging the EV and an estimated charging time and / or cost for the battery charging. Charging stations, in communication with the charging service, provide information that assists the charging service to select an appropriate charging station. Mobile charging-vehicles may be directed to particularly needed locations by the charging service, and may charge electrically assisted bicycles and other vehicles.