US 12,304,517 B2
Wheeled vehicle notification system and method
Jacob R. Horn, North Branch, MN (US); Joshua Z. Kyburz, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Jeffrey M. O'Halloran, Lindstrom, MN (US)
Assigned to INDIAN MOTORCYCLE INTERNATIONAL, LLC, Medina, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/269,827
Filed by INDIAN MOTORCYCLE INTERNATIONAL, LLC, Medina, MN (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/047052
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/041191, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/765,322, filed on Aug. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0169273 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2300/36 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2554/4048 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4049 (2020.02)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A two-wheel or three-wheel wheeled motorized vehicle assembly, comprising:
a frame assembly having a front portion and a rear portion;
a first wheel assembly rotatably mounted to the frame assembly to support the frame assembly near the front portion;
a second wheel assembly rotatably mounted to the frame assembly to support the frame assembly near the rear portion;
an engine supported by the frame and configured to drive the at least one of the first wheel assembly or the second wheel assembly;
a rear facing transmitter assembly configured to emit a selected signal;
a rear facing sensor assembly, wherein the rear facing sensor assembly is configured to sense an object with the selected signal that is beyond the second wheel assembly; and
a feedback system operable to provide a feedback to a rider of the motorized vehicle assembly simultaneously using at least two types of feedback automatically selected by the feedback system from (i) a visual notification, (ii) a haptic feedback, or (iii) an auditory notification when the object is within a selected distance of the second wheel assembly;
wherein the feedback to the rider is selected automatically and based on a received input from the rider regarding a motion of the wheeled motorized vehicle assembly, or combinations thereof.