Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162328 | Vehicle By bending and stretching a link mechanism, both left and right wheels of a vehicle can be inclined toward inside of cornering to generate a camber thrust as a lateral force, i.e. an increase in cornering force. Further, by bending and stretching the link mechanism,... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8029001 | Active roll control system An active roll control system actively controls roll of a vehicle by changing torsional rigidity of a stabilizer bar by using change in tension of a wire connected to the stabilizer bar and both lower arms according to an operation of a pulley unit mounted at the lo... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8020878 | Body leaning control system, and a saddle riding type vehicle having the same A body leaning control system includes a support mechanism arranged to support at least a pair of traveling members that contact a traveling surface and are provided at opposite sides of the vehicle body to be movable up and down relative to the vehicle body, a resi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7946596 | Motor vehicle and rickshaw and tilting mechanism thereof A motor vehicle is provided. The motor vehicle comprises a vehicle body, a front wheel, a rear wheel and a tilting mechanism. The front wheel, the rear wheel and the tilting mechanism are disposed on the vehicle body. The tilting mechanism comprises a first compensa... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7802800 | Motor vehicle with leaning system controlled by load sensor and method therefor A vehicle with lean control has a frame with a steering assembly. An arm assembly is connected to the frame. A pair of first and second shock absorbers is mounted between the frame and the arm assembly on opposite sides of the frame. Each shock absorber has a fluid-... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7762562 | Vehicle attitude control apparatus A vehicle attitude control apparatus has suspensions Sfl, Srl, Sfr, and Srr that suspend each of front-left, rear-left, front-right and rear-right wheels Wfl, Wrl, Wfr, and Wrr; electric motors 21, 22, 23 and 24 that independently drive each of four wh... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7407173 | Vehicle suspension system A motor vehicle chassis structure which includes an independent suspension system including left and right suspension components for left and right wheels (4, 8) respectively for gripping and travelling along a road surface, each of which suspension component... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7360777 | Vehicle suspension system A vehicle suspension system for a vehicle, including: (a) a plurality of suspension cylinders each disposed between a chassis-side member and a corresponding one of a plurality of wheel-side members; (b) a controller cylinder including a housing and at least one pis... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357400 | Suspension device for vehicle wheels A vehicle suspension device includes a camber mechanism which imparts to the wheels a degree of freedom of the camber independently of vehicle rolls. The wheels are linked to the suspension elements so that the camber movement of each wheel permits, around a mean po... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7338057 | Rear-axle suspension for motor vehicles involving the use of longitudinal and transverse links Rear axle suspension system for motor vehicles, in which the wheel carriers on both sides are coupled to the body of the vehicle by at least one longitudinal link (9, 10), one transverse link (12) and a further transverse link (15, 16). In order... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322589 | Stabilizer assembly for a motor vehicle A stabilizer assembly for a motor vehicle, including a first stabilizer and a second stabilizer, which are rotatable relative to each other, is characterized in that each stabilizer is engaged by one linear actuator each. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314221 | Driver controlled wedge and track bar adjustors A driver controlled wedge and track bar adjustor for a race car. A controller located inside the driver's compartment of the race car is coupled to a drive which is operatively coupled to adjusting rods. The controller may be configured to initiate a predetermined a... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7287621 | Vehicular power transmission mechanism In a three-wheeled vehicle provided with a power transmission mechanism for transmitting the output of an engine to left and right rear wheels via a continuously variable transmission, a gear box and inner shafts of drive shafts as left and right output shafts, the ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281716 | Varying a suspension linkage ratio in a vehicle suspension A method and apparatus for actively tuning a vehicle suspension, operatively connect a wheel of the vehicle to a chassis of the vehicle with a suspension apparatus including a control arm of fixed length, having an inboard end thereof adapted for articulating attach... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281601 | Fluid driven differential A fluid driven differential, having a fluid filled housing, an input shaft, and a pair of output shafts. The input shaft is attached to an automobile driveshaft outside of the housing and to a propeller inside the housing. The output shafts are each attached to an a... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7246806 | Suspension system for a vehicle wheel A suspension system connects a wheel support to a vehicle body to confer on the wheel support, relative to the body, a degree of camber freedom and a degree of freedom of vertical deflection of the suspension, which freedoms are independent of one another. The suspe... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243933 | Suspension system with automatic toe control function A suspension system including two lateral arms whose lower arms are disposed at the front and rear of the center of wheels is provided. One end of the two lateral arms is mounted to a cross member while the other end is connected to a carrier assembly. The outer whe... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234708 | Suspension device of a motor vehicle wheel In a suspension system that connects a wheel support to a vehicle body, the wheel support is designed to carry a wheel of radius “r”, the wheel is intended to rest on the ground via a contact area, the system includes an arrangement that confers upon the wheel s... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7207408 | Reinforcing support structure for a three-wheeled motor vehicle, and three-wheeled motor vehicle incorporating same A three-wheeled motor vehicle includes a through coupling situated between right and left internal shafts and rear wheels, each via a drive shaft. The axial lines of right and left internal shafts are both intersected with a straight line as a rocking axis. If the r... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7172045 | Motortricycle with oscillation mechanism A motortricycle with oscillation mechanism including left and right suspension arms respectively swingably mounted onto a vehicle body frame, rear wheels mounted respectively onto the outer portions of the left and right suspension arms. An oscillation mechanism per... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7131650 | Vehicle lean and alignment control system A frame and suspension for a vehicle provides automatic lean and alignment. The lean is determined by force sensors, the speed and/or the angle of turn and is provided by actuators in the suspension in accordance with a predetermined protocol in an electronic contro... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7073806 | Three-wheel rolling vehicle with front two-wheel steering A three-wheel rolling vehicle with front two-wheel steering comprising a frame (13), a handlebar (16), a rear wheel (12) rotating with respect to the frame (13) and a steering group which operates two front wheels (14, 15), in whic... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063334 | Vehicle stability system using active tilting mechanism The present invention is a vehicle stability system that affords safe turn with higher speed as well as maximum brake performance and resists rollover by using one or more electrical and mechanical modes to shift the center of gravity of the vehicle into a more stab... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063179 | Tricycle with a rocking mechanism A tricycle with independently-suspended rear wheels and having a rocking mechanism and a single shock absorber used to effect the damping action of both the left and the right suspension arms connected to the rear wheels. The left and right suspension arms are conne... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055831 | Hydropneumatic, level-regulated axle suspension on vehicles, in particular for full-suspension vehicles A hydropneumatic, level-regulated axle suspension for the front wheel axle and rear wheel axle on vehicles, in particular vehicles whose large axle load spread is large, having two double-acting hydraulic suspension cylinders, whose cylinder spaces are each connecte... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7029014 | Vehicle stability control system A vehicle stability control system is provided, which includes a movable tongue member and a ratchet mechanism. The movable tongue member is adapted to move between a first tongue position and a second tongue position. The ratchet mechanism is adapted to be mechanic... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6953203 | Human powered vehicle A stable vehicle that can be folded or disassembled, for example for transportation by another vehicle or for storage, without requiring the use of hand tools. Two front wheels carried by steerable forks, in combination with an underslung main frame, provide a stabl... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6817617 | Tricycle In a tricycle in which left and right front forks (30L, 30R) for rotatably supporting left and right front wheels (WFL, WFR) respectively are disposed on laterally opposite sides of a handle post (21) to extend upwards and downwards and are turn... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6547260 | Vehicle suspension having active camber variation The vehicle includes a suspended running chassis (1) making it possible to define a longitudinal and vertical plane forming a reference on the chassis (1), the preferred running direction being parallel to the longitudinal plane, and at least two wheel co... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6511078 | Vehicle having suspension system with variable camber and vertical suspension in the plane of the wheel A ground contact system for a vehicle having a wheel mounted on a wheel carrier, the wheel carrier being mounted on a support by a vertical suspension device, the support being mounted on a chassis by a load transfer arm on one side of which the support i... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6435522 | Tilting vehicle A vehicle (1) provided with a frame having two frame sections (3,4) which are able to tilt with respect to one another. An opposite steer power transmitter (50) is connected to a steerable front wheel (13). The opposite steer power transmitter (50) is con... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6406036 | Vehicle suspension having active camber variation The vehicle includes a suspended running chassis (1) making it possible to define a longitudinal and vertical plane forming a reference on the chassis (1), the preferred running direction being parallel to the longitudinal plane, and at least two wheel co... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6244190 | Tilting mechanism The invention refers to a tilting mechanism for creating track curve-dependent tilt of the superstructure of rail vehicles (1), consisting of a coupling (15) with which the superstructure (2) is movably connected to a bogie (3) in such a way that the supe... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6003880 | Vehicle active tilt control system with pressure-controlled pump A vehicle active tilt control system provides improved response time in torsionally adjusting front and rear stabilizer bars during vehicle maneuvers. The system includes front and rear actuators connected, respectively, to the front and rear stabilizer b... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5769400 | Height and inclination control of a wagon body The present invention is a process and system for controlling the wagon body of a vehicle which can be used alone or in combination with a steel spring system. The control system has comparatively small geometrical dimensions and requires relatively littl... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5116069 | Three-wheel vehicle A three-wheel vehicle apparatus has one front wheel and two rear wheels to improve safety of operation, including a novel tilt-and-bank mechanism, front wheel suspension, safety frame, aerodynamic body design, and sliding doors. The tilt-and-band mechanis... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5078421 | Pressure control system for suspension A suspension pressure control system on a vehicle applies a pressure which is proportional to a current level supplied to a solenoid of a pressure control valve to a shock absorber associated with respective one of suspensions from the valve. An electroni... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4796720 | Four-wheel steering, leveling and banking for vehicles A steering and suspension system which steers and tracks all wheels of a vehicle and banks the vehicle body during turns. Front and rear power assisted rack and pinion steering assemblies are mechanically linked so that the rear wheels are turned in the o... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4702843 | Control system for an adverse terrain vehicle An adverse terrain vehicle is provided which includes a system for controlling a number of vehicular functions. The vehicle includes at least two variable displacement hydraulic motors, each for driving at least one wheel member on one side of the vehicle... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4660853 | Vehicle body tilting mechanism A vehicle body tilting system responsive both to lateral acceleration of the vehicle and to steering movements. The mechanism includes tilt actuator means and tilt control means governed by a gravity-sensitive device and a device responsive to steering mo... | 04/28/1987 |
