The invention discloses a lateral balancing system mounted on a variety of vehicle platforms, comprising vehicle body, chassis, supporting system, regulating system, the vehicle body is connected to chassis by supporting system; supporting system comprises two supporting columns which are relatively arranged, and inner side of the two supporting columns is provided with racks; regulating system comprises gyroscope, motor and gears matched with the racks, the gyroscope inducts vehicle running state and controls rotation of the motor, and controls inclination angle of vehicle body through the coordination of gears and racks. The invention assists the vehicle to keep vehicle body in a horizontal state when passing side slope, improves the vehicle’s smoothness and comfort, and avoid the vehicle rollover. The invention has better supporting effect and strong supporting force by adopting gears and racks, and can be applied and carried on multiple vehicle platforms, has good applicability and economic value.

The invention discloses a lateral balancing system mounted on a variety of vehicle platforms, comprising vehicle body, chassis, supporting system, regulating system, the vehicle body is connected to chassis by supporting system; supporting system comprises two supporting columns which are relatively arranged, and inner side of the two supporting columns is provided with racks; regulating system comprises gyroscope, motor and gears matched with the racks, the gyroscope inducts vehicle running state and controls rotation of the motor, and controls inclination angle of vehicle body through the coordination of gears and racks. The invention assists the vehicle to keep vehicle body in a horizontal state when passing side slope, improves the vehicle’s smoothness and comfort, and avoid the vehicle rollover. The invention has better supporting effect and strong supporting force by adopting gears and racks, and can be applied and carried on multiple vehicle platforms, has good applicability and economic value.

A motor vehicle having a vehicle body with a passenger compartment, a chassis supporting the vehicle body, a vehicle axle which can be driven by a drive device, and a seat device which is arranged inside the passenger compartment and is rotatable relative to the passenger compartment about an axis of rotation. The chassis supporting the vehicle body has only one vehicle axle, about the axis of which, the vehicle body with the passenger compartment and the seat device arranged inside the passenger compartment are rotatable relative to each other.

An all-terrain vehicle is provided. The all-terrain vehicle includes a vehicle frame unit. A steering mechanism is rotatably mounted to a front side of the vehicle frame unit. Front wheels are rotatable mounted to a lower side of the steering mechanism as being arranged pairwise as a left-side one and a right-side one and are controllable by the steering mechanism. The all-terrain vehicle includes a vehicle cover unit covering a periphery of the vehicle frame unit. The vehicle cover unit includes a front vehicle cover section. An open receiving space is formed between a top side of the front wheels and the front vehicle cover section. An inertial sensor is arranged in the open receiving space. As such, mounting and servicing the inertial sensor can be carried out without removing the front vehicle cover section or other parts, and thus, mounting and servicing of the inertial sensor is made easy.

An energy storage apparatus including a spherical rotating member having permanent magnets and uniquely-identifiable location-defining elements, a plurality of coils, a controller operably coupled to the plurality of coils, a power source, and a location sensing apparatus operable to detect the plurality of location-defining elements. The controller may compare time-sequential information from the location sensing apparatus to determine a rotational axis and a rotational speed of the rotating member, operate the coils to change the rotational axis speed of the rotating member, increase energy stored by the rotating member by increasing the rotational speed by operating the coils to generate magnetic fields that interact with the permanent magnets, and withdraw energy by operating the coils to generate magnetic fields that interact with the magnetic fields of the permanent magnets to produce induced current in the coils and directing the induced current to a power delivery location.

An energy storage apparatus including a spherical rotating member having permanent magnets and uniquely-identifiable location-defining elements, a plurality of coils, a controller operably coupled to the plurality of coils, a power source, and a location sensing apparatus operable to detect the plurality of location-defining elements. The controller may compare time-sequential information from the location sensing apparatus to determine a rotational axis and a rotational speed of the rotating member, operate the coils to change the rotational axis speed of the rotating member, increase energy stored by the rotating member by increasing the rotational speed by operating the coils to generate magnetic fields that interact with the permanent magnets, and withdraw energy by operating the coils to generate magnetic fields that interact with the magnetic fields of the permanent magnets to produce induced current in the coils and directing the induced current to a power delivery location.

A method for operating a rotating-mass device and a rotating mass device of a two-wheeled vehicle are provided. The rotating-mass device includes first and second gyroscopic instruments, each with a cardanically mounted rotating-mass device suitable for generating torque about their respective rotation axes. Pivoting of the rotating-mass devices is coordinated to influence motion of the two-wheeled vehicle about three orthogonal vehicle axes.

A method for operating a rotating-mass device and a rotating mass device of a two-wheeled vehicle are provided. The rotating-mass device includes first and second gyroscopic instruments, each with a cardanically mounted rotating-mass device suitable for generating torque about their respective rotation axes. Pivoting of the rotating-mass devices is coordinated to influence motion of the two-wheeled vehicle about three orthogonal vehicle axes.

A tilting vehicle includes a frame and a front wheel coupled to the frame. A rear wheel is coupled to the frame and positioned rearward of the front wheel in a longitudinal direction. A seating area includes at least one seat positioned to support a rider between the front wheel and the rear wheel. A gyroscopic rider assist device is provided within an enclosure behind the seating area and above the rear wheel.

A tilting vehicle includes a frame and a front wheel coupled to the frame. A rear wheel is coupled to the frame and positioned rearward of the front wheel in a longitudinal direction. A seating area includes at least one seat positioned to support a rider between the front wheel and the rear wheel. A gyroscopic rider assist device is provided within an enclosure behind the seating area and above the rear wheel.