Patent ID: 9400505
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A63C,B60K,B60L,B62K,G01C,G01P,G05D,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. An electric vehicle, comprising: a board including first and second deck portions each configured to receive a left or right foot of a rider oriented generally perpendicular to a direction of travel of the board; a wheel assembly including a rotatable ground-contacting element disposed between and extending above the first and second deck portions; a motor assembly mounted to the board and configured to rotate the ground-contacting element around an axle to propel the electric vehicle; at least one sensor configured to measure orientation information of the board; and a motor controller configured to receive orientation information measured by the sensor and to cause the motor assembly to propel the electric vehicle based on the orientation information; wherein the electric vehicle includes exactly one ground-contacting element.