VEHICLE FORMING A SELF-BALANCING HUMAN TRANSPORTER WITH AN INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE
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Abstract
A vehicle forming a self-balancing human transporter, or “gyropode”, including a photovoltaic module to charge a battery electrically or to partially power an electric motor electrically from solar energy. The photovoltaic module includes a first portion which is fixed and extends along a standing and driving handle, and a second portion which is retractable between an extreme retracted position in which it allows the gyropode to be moved, and an extreme deployed position in which it acts as a stand for holding the gyropode when stopped with a determined inclination enabling optimum efficiency of the photovoltaic module to be obtained relative to a position of the sun.
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8. A vehicle forming a self-balancing human transporter, or gyropode, comprising:
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a handle for standing still, and for driving by a user, at least one electric motor to rotate wheels of the gyropode; a battery enabling the at least one electric motor to be powered; a photovoltaic module to charge the battery electrically, or to partially power the electric motor from solar energy, wherein the photovoltaic module includes two portions, in which a first portion is fixed and extends along the standing and driving handle, and a second portion can be retracted between an extreme retracted position in which it enables the gyropode to be moved, and an extreme deployed position, in which it acts as a stand for holding the gyropode when stopped, with at least one determined inclination, enabling efficiency of the photovoltaic module to be increased relative to a position of the sun. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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