US Patent Issued to Trio Motors on Sept. 15 for "Articulating, self-centering truck for personal mobility vehicles" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,140, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Trio Motors Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Articulating, self-centering truck for personal mobility vehicles" was invented by Paul M. Newby (Palo Alto, Calif.), Stephen K. Kershner (Menlo Park, Calif.), Michael Siu Wei Yim (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Chris Tacklind (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One variation of a system includes: a cam block mounted to a deck of a scooter and defining cam lobes arranged about a pivot feature and cam heels between the set of cam lobes; a pivot block pivotably coupled to the pivot feature and defining followers riding over the cam lobes; a pair ...