ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,971, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.).
"Mobility device control system" was invented by Stewart M. Coulter (Bedford, N.H.), Brian G. Gray (Manchester, N.H.), Dirk A. van der Merwe (Canterbury, N.H.), Susan D. Dastous (Litchfield, N.H.) and Daniel F. Pawlowski (Raymond, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobility device that can accommodate speed sensitive steering, adaptive speed control, a wide weight range of users, an abrupt change in weight, traction control, active stabilization that can affect the acceleration range of the mobility device and minimize back falls, and enhanced redundancy ...