Patent ID: 8170780
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: B60N,B62D,B62J,B62K,G05D,Y02T,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle for transporting a payload over a surface, the vehicle comprising: a support for supporting a payload; an enclosure for at least partially enclosing the payload; two laterally disposed ground-contacting elements coupled to at least one of the enclosure or the support; a drive coupled to the ground-contacting elements; a controller coupled to the drive, for governing the operation of the drive at least in response to position of the center of gravity of the vehicle to dynamically control balancing of the vehicle, wherein the enclosure is coupled to the support and comprising a structure coupling the support and the enclosure to the ground-contacting elements, the structure allows for variation in the position of the center of gravity, and wherein the structure includes rails allowing the enclosure and support to slide with respect to the ground-contacting elements.