Patents by Inventor Kevin Bretney

Kevin Bretney has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8918239
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention may transfer energy from a flywheel motor-generator to a capacitor bank in response to detecting an input to increase the speed of a vehicle, and transfer energy from a drive wheel motor-generator to a capacitor bank in response to detecting an input to decrease the speed of the vehicle. The flywheel motor-generator may function to transfer energy to and from a flywheel included in a gyroscope-stabilizer of the vehicle, while the capacitor bank, which includes a battery, may function to transfer energy to and from a drive wheel of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Lit Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Kee Young Kim, Kevin Bretney
  • Patent number: 8706390
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe receiving, via a plurality of sensors, data indicating vehicle information. Said information may indicate at least orientation of a frame of a vehicle, orientation of a front wheel of the vehicle with respect to the frame, orientation and rotational speed of a first and second flywheel, and speed of the vehicle. In one embodiment, each flywheel is included in a first and second gyroscope coupled to the vehicle frame. Based, at least in part, on the data received from the plurality of sensors, at least one of the orientation and rotational speed of at least one of the flywheels may be adjusted. Said adjustment may further be based on an input to change at least one of speed and direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Lit Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Kee Young Kim, Kevin Bretney, Andrew L. Tsang
  • Patent number: 8532915
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe receiving vehicle information data from a plurality of sensors. This vehicle information data may indicate at least orientation of a frame of a vehicle, orientation of a front wheel of the vehicle with respect to the frame, orientation and rotational speed of a flywheel included in a gyroscope coupled to the frame, and speed of frame. Based on the received data, a vehicle state may be determined. Based at least on this determination, at least one of the orientation and rotational speed of the flywheel may be adjusted. This adjustment may be further based on an input to change at least one of speed and direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Lit Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Kee Young Kim, Kevin Bretney, Andrew Shao, Andrew L. Tsang
  • Publication number: 20110231060
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe receiving, via a plurality of sensors, data indicating vehicle information. Said information may indicate at least orientation of a frame of a vehicle, orientation of a front wheel of the vehicle with respect to the frame, orientation and rotational speed of a first and second flywheel, and speed of the vehicle. In one embodiment, each flywheel is included in a first and second gyroscope coupled to the vehicle frame. Based, at least in part, on the data received from the plurality of sensors, at least one of the orientation and rotational speed of at least one of the flywheels may be adjusted. Said adjustment may further be based on an input to change at least one of speed and direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Daniel Kee Young Kim, Kevin Bretney, Andrew L. Tsang
  • Publication number: 20110231041
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention may transfer energy from a flywheel motor-generator to a capacitor bank in response to detecting an input to increase the speed of a vehicle, and transfer energy from a drive wheel motor-generator to a capacitor bank in response to detecting an input to decrease the speed of the vehicle. Said flywheel motor-generator may function to transfer energy to and from a flywheel included in a gyroscope-stabilizer of the vehicle, while said capacitor bank, which includes a battery, may function to transfer energy to and from a drive wheel of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Daniel Kee Young Kim, Kevin Bretney
  • Publication number: 20110231085
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe receiving vehicle information data from a plurality of sensors. Said vehicle information data may indicate at least orientation of a frame of a vehicle, orientation of a front wheel of the vehicle with respect to the frame, orientation and rotational speed of a flywheel included in a gyroscope coupled to the frame, and speed of frame. Based on said received data, a vehicle state may be determined. Based at least on this determination, at least one of the orientation and rotational speed of the flywheel may be adjusted. Said adjustment may be further based on an input to change at least one of speed and direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Daniel Kee Young Kim, Kevin Bretney, Andrew Shao, Andrew L. Tsang