Rotating Foot Platform for Electric Self-Balancing Vehicle Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electric self-balancing vehicles lack the ability for users to control the vehicle solely using their feet, as the foot platform is typically flat and non-rotatable, limiting control and safety during operation.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a rotating mechanism between the top and bottom covers, allowing the vehicle's structure to be more compact and balanced, with hub motors in the wheels and sensors for dynamic stabilization, enabling foot-controlled operation and improved safety features like friction strips and decorative lamps.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the foot platform is made as a flat plate that remains horizontal, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the user cannot control the vehicle solely through feet and control versatility is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The foot platform is transformed from a static horizontal surface to a dynamic rotatable platform. The platform can rotate relative to the bottom cover, allowing it to change orientation based on user needs. This dynamic capability enables foot-only control by allowing the platform to orient in different directions while maintaining structural simplicity through the rotation mechanism.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the foot platform is made rotatable relative to the bottom cover, then foot-controlled operation is enabled and control versatility improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle body is segmented into multiple rotatable components: the top cover rotates relative to the bottom cover, and the foot platform rotates relative to the bottom cover. This segmentation allows independent rotation of different parts, enabling foot control functionality while managing overall system complexity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The foot platform serves multiple functions: it acts as a standing surface, a control interface for foot-operated steering, and a structural component connecting to the rotation mechanism. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity while achieving versatile foot-controlled operation.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the top cover and bottom cover are made rotatable relative to each other, then the vehicle achieves better balance and compactness, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The top cover and bottom cover are designed to rotate relative to each other, transforming from fixed rigid components to dynamic adjustable components. This dynamic relationship allows the vehicle to achieve better balance by adjusting the orientation of covers, while the rotation mechanism is designed to be compact and manufacturable.
Solution Approach 2:
The rotation mechanism is nested within the vehicle structure, with rotational joints and bearing assemblies integrated into the cover designs. This nesting approach achieves compactness by placing rotational mechanisms inside the existing structural envelopes, while maintaining ease of manufacture through standardized nested component designs.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration allows for easier assembly, better balance, increased movement distance and speed, and enhanced safety through foot-controlled operation and automatic balance detection, addressing the limitations of prior art.
Implementation Method 1
The operating principle thereof is mainly established on a basic principle called 'dynamic stabilization', the change of car attitudes is detected by a gyroscope and an acceleration sensor inside the vehicle body
Implementation Method 2
the controller controls the hub motors to drive the corresponding wheels to rotate
Implementation Method 3
the pedals may have mutually separated friction strips disposed on upper surfaces of the pedals
Data Source
AI summary
An electric self-balancing vehicle including a top cover, a bottom cover, an inner cover, a rotating mechanism, two wheels, two hub motors, a plurality of sensors, a power supply, and a controller is described herein. The top cover includes a first top cover and a second top cover disposed symmetrically and rotatable relative to each other. The bottom cover is fixed to the top cover and includes a first bottom cover and a second bottom cover disposed symmetrically and rotatable relative to each other. The inner cover is fixed between the top cover and the bottom cover and includes a first inner cover and a second inner cover disposed symmetrically and rotatable relative to each other. The rotating mechanism is fixed between the first inner cover and the second inner cover. The two wheels are rotatably fixed at two sides of the inner cover, respectively. The two hub motors are fixed in the two wheels, respectively. The plurality of sensors is disposed between the bottom cover and the inner cover, respectively. The power supply is fixed between the first bottom cover and the first inner cover. The controller is fixed between the second bottom cover and the second inner cover, the controller is electrically connected with the plurality of sensors, the power supply, and the hub motors, and the controller controls the hub motors to drive the corresponding wheels to rotate according to sensing signals transmitted by the sensors.