Active anti-tip system for power wheelchairs
CA 2484325 C · Owner: Pride Mobility Products Corporation · Inventors: Grymko, Christopher E.; Levi, Ronald; Mulhern, James P.
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A linkage arrangement for an active anti-tip system is provided for improving the stability of a powered vehicle such as a powered wheelchair. The vehicle includes a drive-train assembly which is pivotally mounted to a main structural frame. A suspension system biases the drive-train assembly and its connected anti-tip wheel to a predetermined resting position. The drive-train assembly bi-directionally rotates about a pivot in response to torque applied to or acceleration forces on the vehicle. The linkage arrangement is characterized by a suspension arm pivotally mounting to the main structural frame about a pivot at one end thereof and an anti-tip wheel at the other end. The linkage …
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- Filed October 8, 2004 and granted September 10, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 8, 2024.
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