Patent ID: 9216763
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: B60G,B60K,B60L,B60W,B62D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A personal mobility vehicle comprising: a vehicle frame having multiple wheels connected thereto; a horizontal member that is pivotally attached to the vehicle frame at a root axis to allow the horizontal member to rotate in a first plane of motion; a first wheel connected to a first end of the horizontal member; a second wheel connected to a second end of the horizontal member; an offset hub motor system connected to at least one of the wheels; a lean adjustment system connected to at least one of the wheels; a return to neutral lean position mechanism connected to at least one of the wheel; and a first fifth link suspension mechanism coupling at least one of the wheels to the vehicle frame, wherein the first fifth link suspension mechanism comprises: wherein the first wheel and the second wheel are substantially parallel to each other, wherein the second wheel leans and turns in harmony with the first wheel when the first wheel leans and turns, wherein the first fifth link suspension mechanism is attached to the first wheel, wherein a second fifth link suspension mechanism is attached to the second wheel, and wherein the first and the second fifth link suspension mechanisms each comprise a biasing member so the first and second wheels are suspended independently.