A hoverboard is described. The hoverboard includes four hover engines each including a motor. The motor rotates an arrangement of magnets to induce eddy currents and generate magnetic lift which causes the hoverboard to hover in the air. The hoverboard can be tilted to propel it in a particular direction. The hover engines can each be coupled to a tilt mechanism which is coupled to a flexible rider platform. When rider platform is flexed via rider induced forces, the hover engines can be tilted individually to provide translational forces.
Hover engine for a hoverboard which generates magnetic lift to carry a person
2016-02-16
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Hoverboard which generates magnetic lift to carry a person
Europäisches Patentamt | 2015
|Verkehrsrechtliche Einordnung des Hoverboard
Online Contents | 2016
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