US Patent Issued to TWILL Technology on Sept. 15 for "Dynamically balanced in-line wheel vehicle" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,138, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to TWILL Technology Inc. (East Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Dynamically balanced in-line wheel vehicle" was invented by Christopher Tacklind (Menlo Park, Calif.), Cameron Tacklind (Menlo Park, Calif.), Blake Tacklind (San Francisco), Daniel Shaffer (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Nelson Au (Foster City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A family of vehicles is presented which exploit dynamic controls to stabilize in-line two wheeled vehicles. The stabilization results in improved safety at high speeds and on uncooperative surfaces. Stabilization affords balance at zero speed without auxiliary support means....