US 11,865,053 B2
Wheelchair apparatuses including usage features
Douglas Moore, Fairview, TX (US); Christopher P. Lee, Campbell, CA (US); Melvin Alfredo Dominquez, S. San Francisco, CA (US); and Thomas Mitchell Dair, Lafayette, CA (US)
Assigned to Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on May 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/747,538.
Application 17/747,538 is a continuation of application No. 16/926,115, filed on Jul. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,364,162.
Application 16/926,115 is a continuation of application No. 16/379,087, filed on Apr. 9, 2019, granted, now 10,744,048, issued on Aug. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/654,734, filed on Apr. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0273507 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A61G 5/04 (2013.01); A61G 5/12 (2006.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 5/04 (2013.01) [A61G 5/125 (2016.11); A61G 2203/20 (2013.01); F21V 33/0068 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A powered wheelchair apparatus comprising:
a chair component;
a power base component; and
a wheelchair control system comprising:
a processor;
a user input device communicatively coupled to the processor, the user input device extending outwardly from a distal end of an armrest of the chair component in a longitudinal direction, the user input device comprising a control knob that is manually actuated and turns about a longitudinal axis;
a memory module communicatively coupled to the processor that stores logic that, when executed by the processor, causes the wheelchair control system to:
receive user instructions from the user input device; and
change operation of the powered wheelchair apparatus from one mode to a different mode based on the instructions from the user input device.