Patents by Inventor M. Tellam

M. Tellam 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).

  • Publication number: 20080035395
    Abstract: A device for transporting a human subject over a surface. The device is a dynamically balancing vehicle having a control loop for providing balance. The device includes a platform defining a fore-aft plane. The platform supports a payload including the human subject. A ground contacting module is included which may include one or more wheels. A ground-contacting member is movably coupled to the platform. The platform and the ground-contacting module form an assembly having a center of gravity that is defined with respect to the ground-contacting member and which includes any loads on the device. The device further includes a support. The support may be a seat for supporting the subject and the support is coupled to the platform in such a manner as to permit variation of the position of the center of gravity in the fore-aft plane by translation and rotation of at least a portion of the support. In one embodiment, translation and rotation of the seat of the device are mechanically coupled together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Dean Kamen, Robert Ambrogi, Robert Duggan, J. Field, Richard Heinzmann, William Lambrechts, Matt McCambridge, Christopher Perry, M. Tellam