ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,385, issued on Sept. 2.
"Adaptive control of electric skateboard" was invented by Sicheng Tan (Sugar Land, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic control device for an electric skateboard that obviates the need for remote control is described. The device includes one or more hub motor integrated into a wheel hub or coupled to an axle of the electric skateboard and electric control unit that detects speed or acceleration of the hub motor and adaptively controls speed or torque of the hub motor based on feedback from rider's manual operation of the skateboard."
The patent was filed on Aug. 17, 2023, under Application No. 1...