Vehicle controller, vehicle including a vehicle controller, and method of operating a vehicle

US12428094B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZERO MOTORCYCLES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Brian J. Wismann · Felton, US
• Will M. Brunner · Scotts Valley, US
• Akshay Agrawal · San Jose, US
• Abe Askenazi · Scotts Valley, US
• Christopher Metcalfe · Santa Cruz, US
• Joanne Ignacio · Fremont, US
• Dean Pryce · Santa Cruz, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 3, 2021
• Grant date: Sep 30, 2025
• Expiry date: Apr 30, 2044

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62M2025/003
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle, e.g., a two-wheeled electric vehicle, is operable in a low-speed mode, in which the vehicle can be propelled selectively in the forward or reverse direction, at a speed limited to approximately an average person's walking speed, e.g., approximately 3 mph. The amount of torque driving the vehicle is controlled so that higher torque is available to propel the vehicle at lower speeds and lower torque is available to propel the vehicle at higher speeds. The maximum torque of the vehicle's electric motor is available to propel the vehicle at a standstill.