Abstract: A system for securing a snowboard binding to a snowboard may be an intermediary between the snowboard binding and the snowboard. In some embodiments, the system includes an expandable snowshoe attachment device. The system for securing a snowboard binding to a snowboard may include an upper piece and one or more lower pieces. The upper piece may be configured to attach to a lower surface of a baseplate of a snowboard binding. The one or more lower pieces may be rails. The rails may be fastened to a snowboard. The upper piece may include one or more extensions. The one or more extensions may deploy to increase a bottom surface area of the upper piece. Increasing the bottom surface area of the upper piece may increase the flotation of the upper piece on surfaces such as snow.

Abstract: A self-propelled, one-wheeled vehicle may include a board having two deck portions each having a concave front footpad configured to receive a foot of a rider, and a wheel assembly disposed between the deck portions. The concave front footpad has a rider detection sensor in the form of a membrane switch conforming to the shape of the footpad (e.g., facilitated by one or more slots formed in the membrane switch). A motor assembly drives the vehicle in response to board orientation and rider detection information.

Abstract: This work machine is provided with a machine body equipped with a battery storage part for accommodating a battery. The machine body has a grip part on one side in the left-right direction. The battery storage part has an opening formed in the machine body and a lid capable of opening and closing the opening. The opening and the lid are provided on the other side of the machine body in the left-right direction.

Abstract: An electric roller skate in the present invention includes a shoe body, a roller frame, a driver, a rotation speed detection device, and a controller. The controller receives rotation speed information of the rotation speed detection device and accordingly controls the driver to start to drive the rollers to rotate. The present invention further provides a control method for the electric roller skate described above. The controller is capable of controlling the driver to start to drive the electric roller skate to slide according to the detected rotation speed information. Through the above arrangement, the solution can help a user to skate in a more labor-saving manner and reduce fatigue of the user. Meanwhile, the driver is started in a mode closer to a conventional sliding mode, is higher in convenience and intelligence, reduces use difficulty and makes user experience better.

Abstract: One embodiment relates to a hybrid vehicle drive system for a vehicle including a first prime mover, a first prime mover driven transmission, a rechargeable power source, and a PTO. The hybrid vehicle drive system can include a control system for reducing or eliminating regenerative braking during a traction control or anti-lock braking event.

Abstract: A training ice skate with support components that can offer built-in balance support and can teach proper form to a user who is learning to ice skate. More specifically, the training ice skate can include a boot mount having a base, a blade housing configured to house a blade, and a plurality of support mounts. The base can be configured to attach to a bottom of a boot, the blade housing can be centered on the base and configured to house a center blade, and the plurality of support mounts can be comprised of a plurality of side rail housings at non-center locations on the base that are configured to house a corresponding side rails.

Abstract: A splitboard fastening system is disclosed herein. The splitboard fastening system comprises a crossbar comprising a shear bushing interface and a hook, an eccentric post coupled to a lever and configured to engage an inside edge of the hook in response to rotation of the lever, and a shear bushing configured to engage the shear bushing interface, wherein the crossbar is configured to be coupled to a first splitboard ski, and wherein the eccentric post and the shear bushing are configured to be independently coupled to a second splitboard ski.

Abstract: A power transmission set for tractioned axles of vehicles. The power transmission set includes at least one coupling/uncoupling device, a selector unit, a primary shaft, and a secondary shaft. The shafts are interconnected by the selector unit to select and control a type of motor propulsion applied to a tread axle of a vehicle. The shafts cooperatively with the coupling/uncoupling device are configured to provide a configuration in which only a combustion engine is responsible for propulsion; in which only an electric motor provides propulsion; in which both the combustion engine and the electric motor work together to generate torque; or in which the tread axle is uncoupled from the combustion engine and the electric motor and the combustion engine provides power to the electric motor to generate electricity. A vehicle for the transport of cargo and passengers including the power transmission set.

Abstract: A method for controlling an electric hand truck includes determining whether user manipulation is present due to a user input on the electric hand truck; and, if there is no user manipulation, then braking an electric motor that drives the wheels of the electric moving vehicle in a softlock manner in which, instead of power being applied to the electric motor, electrodes of the electric motor are short-circuited.

Abstract: A wheelchair system includes a wheelchair including a plurality of force sensors including at least three force sensors. A rigid seat pan is placed in contact with each the plurality of force sensors at a different position on the rigid seat pan so that the rigid seat pan does not contact the frame and forces on the rigid seat pan are transferred to the plurality of force sensors. Each of the plurality of force sensors is in communicative connection with a processor system. A memory system is in communicative connection and an interface system is in connection with the processor system and a user interface system in communicative connection with the processor system. Instructions stored on the memory system are executable by the processor system to determine a value of a variable related to a distribution of force on the rigid seat pan over time.

Abstract: A skateboard system includes a first suspension member having first through third portions, each portion having a largest flat planar surface. The first portion includes a plurality of mount holes to mount it with a skateboard deck. The largest flat planar surface of the second portion is angled between fifteen and sixty degrees relative to the largest flat planar surface of the first portion and relative to the deck. The largest flat planar surface of the third portion is angled between fifteen and eighty degrees relative to the largest flat planar surface of the second portion. The third portion includes at least one opening to mount a truck assembly and/or a hanger with the third portion. The first suspension member flexes, such that an angle between the largest flat planar surface of the second portion and the deck decreases, in response to a first downward force on the deck.

Abstract: A toolbox apparatus having mobility is disclosed. The mobile toolbox apparatus comprises a toolbox, a platform on which the toolbox is mounted, supporting means provided on the operative bottom surface of the platform, and at least one wheel coupled to at least one supporting means for providing mobility to the mobile toolbox apparatus. The apparatus comprises a handle coupled to the platform, wherein the handle has a telescopic configuration. The apparatus further comprises a platform extension hingeably coupled to the platform.

Abstract: According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a driving unit for an in-line skate system having roller wheels, the driving unit has a motor configured to generate a driving power, a transmission gear coupled to the motor, and a transmission belt interconnecting the transmission gear and the two or more roller wheels to transfer the driving power to the roller wheel. According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided an in-line skate system, comprising one or more in-line skates and a driving unit.

Abstract: A tool stand includes a table having a tool support surface and a plurality of legs movable relative to the table to define a first configuration and a second configuration of the tool stand. The plurality of legs includes a first leg and a second leg, each pivotable about a first axis, and the plurality of legs further includes a third leg and a fourth leg, each pivotable about a second axis parallel to the first axis. The tool stand further includes a base frame coupled to the third and fourth legs, and a latch mechanism including a latch element movable between a latched position and an unlatched position. The latch mechanism is configured to inhibit movement of each of the legs relative to the table when the latch element is in the latched position and the tool stand is in the first configuration.

Abstract: A roller board has axles provided with castors and secured at the front and rear ends of a board deck such that a steering movement is transferrable to the axles by a person on the board deck by lateral shifting of weight. Steerability and problem-free operation are improved. Substantially rigid booms, one directed to the front and one directed to the rear, are provided at the front and rear ends of the board deck, respectively. A support arm pointing in the direction of the central axis of the board deck is rigidly fastened to each boom. The support arms are pivotable on the two sides about a pivot axis inclined in the direction of travel by 40° to 50° relative to the plane of the board deck. The axle of a single castor is mounted rotatably in or on each hub, with the pivot joint inside the castor.

Abstract: An auto-balancing transportation device having a wheel structure and foot platforms that pivot between an in-use and a stowed position. The pivot axis for each platform is provided within the wheel structure so that the force exerted by a rider when stepping on a foot platform is applied to the wheel structure at a point within the wheel structure, as opposed to external to it, which is unstable and may cause the device to tip over.

Abstract: A mortuary human removal system with battery powered stairclimbing capability is disclosed having a mortuary body glide board, riveted to a top side of a commercially available battery powered stairclimbing hand truck. A multi-stage two wheeled prop stand is coupled to an opposing side of the hand truck longitudinal rails, which is designed to create two automatically latching positions of separation between the wheels and the hand truck rail. The shorter separation is used as an aid to safely lifting a human body on the mortuary human removal system to a first height above the ground. The second position is at a predetermined height for use as a fulcrum to tipping the foot end up and into an ambulance, hearse or other vehicle and be automatically folded up as the mortuary human removal system is pushed all the way into the vehicle.

Abstract: An engine capable of operating on compressed air includes one or more first pressurized air tanks, one or more second pressurized air tanks, a first motor including a casing, a transmission shaft disposed within the casing, a first motor entry port coupled to the one or more first pressurized air tanks for receiving compressed air, and a first motor exit port for exhausting the received compressed air, a second motor including a turbine housing, a crankshaft, and a turbine for rotating the crankshaft disposed within the turbine housing, a second motor entry port coupled to the one or more second pressurized air tanks for receiving compressed air, and a second motor exit port for exhausting the received compressed air, and an auto clutch for selectively coupling the transmission shaft to the crankshaft.

Abstract: A customizable skateboard truck assembly comprising an adjustable base plate and a hanger with both adjustable rake and ride height. Further, the skateboard truck assembly disclosed utilizes an open bushing platform that allows for unlimited shapes to be used for the bushing relative to its perimeter. The added space between the hanger and the baseplate allows the truck assembly to fit multiple bushing thicknesses while also choosing to maintain or change the hardness for the bushing. The thickness, hardness, and shape of the bushing all have an effect on the truck assembly's responsiveness and feel for the user. Additionally, the truck assemblies comprise adjustable cams for regulating rotation, or in other words, providing a maximum angle of rotation to the hanger to avoid wheel bite, thereby increasing safety an control of the skateboard by the user. The customizable skateboard truck assembly facilitates smooth and precise motion of the skateboard.

Abstract: Disclosed is a motor system control apparatus for vehicles including a communication unit communicatively connected to a plurality of motor systems and a controller configured to, upon recognizing that one of the motor systems is broken, control the motor system such that a battery is charged using counter-electromotive force of a motor, wherein the controller confirms whether, upon recognizing breakdown of the motor system, the broken motor system is capable of generating counter-electromotive force, decides whether to generate the counter-electromotive force based on a state of charge (SOC) and a traveling state of a vehicle upon confirming that the broken motor system is capable of generating the counter-electromotive force, controls the broken motor system such that the counter-electromotive force is generated upon deciding to generate the counter-electromotive force, and charges the battery with electrical energy generated by the counter-electromotive force.