Patent ID: 8925657
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: B60G,B60K,B60L,B62D,B62K,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A transporter for transporting a load over a surface, the transporter comprising: a support platform for supporting the load, the support platform characterized by a fore-aft axis and a lateral axis; at least one ground-contacting element coupled to the support platform in such a manner that the orientation of the support platform is capable of variation with respect to at least a first component of the transporter that remains in a substantially fixed vertical position relative to the surface, the surface being beneath and in contact with the at least one ground-contacting element, the orientation referred to as an attitude; a motorized drive arrangement for driving the at least one ground-contacting element; a sensor module for generating an attitude signal characterizing the attitude of the support platform; and a controller for commanding the motorized drive arrangement to apply a torque to one or more of the ground-contacting elements as a function of the attitude of the support platform based upon the attitude signal generated by the sensor module.