Patent ID: 6679343
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: B62K,Y10T

Abstract:
A control device for an electric scooter having a frame, an electric motor mounted on the frame and a steering assembly with two handles mounted on the frame, the control device comprising:a base adapted to be mounted on the steering assembly of the electric scooter; a potential regulator secured to the base to send out a voltage and having a rod rotatably attached to the potential regulator to adjust the voltage sent out from the potential regulator; a control lever securely attached to the rod at a middle position of the control lever; a torsion spring mounted on the rod to provide a recoil force to the control lever; and a circuit board electrically connected to the potential regulator to receive the voltage sent from the potential regulator and adapted to electrically connect with the electric motor to send current to the electric motor depending on the voltage sent from the potential regulator, wherein two arms respectively and laterally extend from two sides of the control lever; and a tab vertically extends from the free end of each arm and adapted to face one handle of the steering assembly of the electric scooter.