Vehicle forming a self-balancing human transporter with an integrated photovoltaic module
First Claim
1. A vehicle forming a self-balancing human transporter, or gyropode, comprising:
- a handle to stand still, and to drive by a user, at least one electric motor to rotate wheels of the gyropode;
a battery to power the at least one electric motor;
a photovoltaic module to charge the battery electrically, or to partially power the electric motor from solar energy,wherein the photovoltaic module includes a first portion that is fixed and extends along the handle and that performs at least part of the charging of the battery based on the solar energy, andthe photovoltaic module includes a second portion that performs at least another part of the charging of the battery based on the solar energy and that is retractable between an extreme retracted position in which the second portion enables the gyropode to be moved, and an extreme deployed position to increase a yield of the photovoltaic module by orienting the gyropode at a determined inclination angle relative to vertical such that the gyropode leans backwards away from vertical.
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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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9 Claims
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1. A vehicle forming a self-balancing human transporter, or gyropode, comprising:
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a handle to stand still, and to drive by a user, at least one electric motor to rotate wheels of the gyropode; a battery to power the at least one electric motor; a photovoltaic module to charge the battery electrically, or to partially power the electric motor from solar energy, wherein the photovoltaic module includes a first portion that is fixed and extends along the handle and that performs at least part of the charging of the battery based on the solar energy, and the photovoltaic module includes a second portion that performs at least another part of the charging of the battery based on the solar energy and that is retractable between an extreme retracted position in which the second portion enables the gyropode to be moved, and an extreme deployed position to increase a yield of the photovoltaic module by orienting the gyropode at a determined inclination angle relative to vertical such that the gyropode leans backwards away from vertical. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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