Abstract: An exercise machine has a number of features relating to ease of use. The machine has a widened step through design, improved foot straps, an adjustable reading display or a pivotal arm rest.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 14, 2010
Publication date:
January 13, 2011
Applicant:
UNISEN, INC., DBA STAR TRAC
Inventors:
Kevin P. Corbalis, Mark William Chiles, Victor Torres Cornejo, Felipe J. Marin
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a user detection system for exercise equipment, such as a treadmill. In an embodiment, a sensor monitors displacement between a deck supporting a moveable treadmill belt and aspects of a treadmill frame. As users interact with the treadmill, a processor uses a sensor signal indicative of the displacement to determine whether a user has mounted the treadmill belt.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 19, 2008
Publication date:
June 24, 2010
Applicant:
Unisen, Inc., dba Star Trac
Inventors:
David Wayne Morris, Kevin Corbalis, Gregory Allen Wallace, Shatish Mistry
Abstract: A stationary exercise machine includes a system for electronically controlling a pedal resistance so as to simulate the riding of a road-going bicycle. The exercise machine includes a control system that monitors pedal velocity and that controls the resistive load generated by an electronically-controlled resistance mechanism. In one example, an electromagnetic device may vary a resistive load placed on a flywheel, which, in turn, varies the pedal resistance experienced by a user. When the user increases the pedal velocity, the resistance mechanism increases the resistive load. When the user decreases the pedal velocity, the resistance mechanism decreases the resistive load. In another example, the resistance mechanism varies the resistive load based on a gear selection by the user. The control system may also take into account other factors, such as the grade of the simulated ride, simulated wind resistance, or other frictional forces when calculating the resistive load.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 12, 2010
Publication date:
May 6, 2010
Applicant:
UNISEN, INC., DBA STAR TRAC
Inventors:
Mark W. Chiles, Kevin P. Corbalis, Gregory Allen Wallace
Abstract: An exercise machine has a frame and an operating linkage. The operating linkage includes any of a number of mechanisms that can adjust a foot trace generated by the linkage. In one configuration, the foot trace can be adjusted between at least a generally vertical trace and a generally horizontal trace.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 8, 2009
Publication date:
October 1, 2009
Applicant:
Unisen, Inc., dba Star Trac
Inventors:
James B. Dey, Victor Torres Cornejo, Mark William Chiles, Felipe J. Marin, Kevin Patrick Corbalis