Patent ID: 8851499
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: B62D,B62H

Abstract:
1. A motorcycle stabilizer wheel device configured to be installed in a non-stabilizer wheel equipped, two wheel OEM motorcycle comprising a two wheel motorcycle body, handlebars, at least one side mounted crash bar, and a motorcycle battery, without requiring irreversible structural modifications to said OEM motorcycle, said device comprising: an electrically operated linear actuator with a motor side and an extendible actuator piston side, said electrically operated linear actuator configured to extend and retract an extendible actuator piston upon receiving power from said motorcycle battery; a stabilizer mounting fixture configured to be mounted onto said at least one side mounted crash bar without requiring irreversible structural modifications to either said crash bar or said motorcycle body, wherein the sides of said stabilizer mounting fixture are curved a stabilizer arm with a proximal end and a distal end, said arm configured with a stabilizer mounting fixture pivot component and an extendible actuator piston pivot component disposed near said proximal end of said arm, and a stabilizer wheel disposed near said distal end of said arm; wherein said electrically operated linear actuator is further configured to attach to said stabilizer mounting fixture at said motor side, and further configured to pivotally attach to said stabilizer arm at said extendible actuator piston pivot component; wherein, when said extendable actuator piston is fully extended due to application of electrical current to said electrically operated linear actuator, said stabilizer arm extends outwards from said motorcycle body for a sufficient distance to stabilize said motorcycle body in an upright position; and wherein, when said extendable actuator piston is fully retracted due to application of an opposite polarity electrical current to said electrically operated linear actuator, said stabilizer arm retracts towards said motorcycle body a sufficient distance for said motorcycle to operate normally on two standard motorcycle wheels without interference from said stabilizer arm.