Motor vehicles – Steering by driving – Independently operable drive motors
Patent
1983-09-16
1985-07-09
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Motor vehicles
Steering by driving
Independently operable drive motors
180216, 180217, 180907, 280242WC, 301 67, B62D 1104
Patent
active
045276480
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle having the driver's seat between two large diameter wheels, each having a series of circumferentially spaced cables under tension between a rigid circumferential ring, which carries a tire, and the opposite ends of a central hub. A driver's seat is located between the wheels and batteries and separate electric motors and speed reduction drives for the wheels are below this seat. Control handles on opposite sides of the driver's seat have switches for controlling the speed of each wheel. Each wheel has a caliper-type bicycle brake.
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Chermey Yvette L.
Sines Thomas E.
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
Watts Charles R.
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