James T Lin

US Patent:

20150021865, Jan 22, 2015

Filed:

Jul 20, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/947023

Inventors:

James Lin - Scarsdale NY, US

International Classification:

B60G 21/00

US Classification:

280 5513

Abstract:

A low cost leaning vehicle stability and self-righting system that primarily uses gravity to return a leaning vehicle position to its original stable upright position. The system accomplishes this by increasing the leaning vehicle's Center of Gravity (CG) above the resting upright position—thus increasing the CG energy state—the more the vehicle leans. The system stores energy—a combination of additional and recovered energy normally lost when the vehicle leans—primarily in the form of gravitational potential energy to automatically return the vehicle from a leaning position to the upright stable position.