This is the system used on the vetrix and is very natural. As a matter of fact when I rode it I could use the regen as the brake almost exclusively after only a few minutes of riding.
--- Chris Tromley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/23/07, Andrew in Ann Arbor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > For a bike I think you'd do better with a twist > grip that would let you > > ramp up the regen by twisting further away from > you just as you ramp up > > the acceleration by twisting the throttle towards > you. > > > > So the twist grip would have an "off" position > (centered by two > > springs). > > Twisting one way would increase the power to the > motor. > > As you slowed down you'd return the grip to the > "off position" which > > should be large enough to allow coasting. > > Twisting further the other way would gradually > bring the regen in. > > > > Doe any of the modern controllers offer a gradual > regen feature? > > Hi Andrew, > > This is a great example of how our patent system > drives me crazy. > Your idea is simple, elegant, intuitive. (Some > would say obvious.) I > had the same idea myself. So have others. Turns > out it's exactly > what Cedric Lynch did on his ultra-lightweight > recumbent motorcycle, > and was posted on Paul Compton's(?) site years ago. > Yet in spite of > that public disclosure, Vectrix was able to patent > the idea. See the > last bullet point on this page: > > http://www.vectrix.com/default.aspx?portal=1&page=68 > > Now anyone who wants to use it on a production > motorcycle needs to > license it from Vectrix. (Hmmm. Paul, if it was > posted on your page, > would you be able to prove when? I wonder if a > verified prior > disclosure could be used to invalidate a patent?) > > There are no limitations on personal use though. It > seems to work quite well. > > Chris > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC
