Russian gadget electrificare any wheelchair

The Russian company "SupremeMotors has developed a system of attachment, which turns a regular wheelchair into an electric scooter. The device resembles the front half of the bike, which can be attached to almost any wheelchair active type. The motion is driven by the motor-wheel, which is able to accelerate construction to 20 km/h and will travel on a single charge, 25 km away.


"SupremeMotors" looking for new niches in which to apply the principles of an electric motor inside the wheel or, in other words, the motor-wheel. For these purposes, the company has created an electric drift trike (three-wheeled sports bike, which is constantly in a skid — approx. ed.) that based on it to understand how to work with electric motors, controllers, wiring and so on. This was followed by a children's electric scooter, capable of without the help of an adult to deliver the child on the slide at a 30-degree incline and drive on a single battery charge of 15 kilometers.

As previously wrote "high-Tech", one of the chips the snow was a unique ratio of the diameter and contact area with the surface of the motor wheel, resembling more of a cylinder: the diameter was 16 cm, width 18 cm Wheel was mounted at the rear of the snow and pushed it up the hill.

In July last year, the General Director SupremeMotors Nikolay Yudin showed a drift trike for a disabled friend, who gave him the idea of creating a removable electrical hookups. "He said, "It would be cool to attach this thing to the wheelchair. At first we laughed and then decided that it was a good idea, " says Yudin. — We had a task: to make a console, who hung on to the most seats in sports was easy, so it can be lifted with one hand, and would cost up to 70 thousand rubles. Now, by the way, it is so worth it".

Unlike snow, electric console pulls, not pushes. It also uses the motor-wheel, its diameter is about 30 cm Capacity 36-volt battery on a single charge which the user can travel 25 km, it is 7 Ah. The maximum speed of equipped console seats up to 20 km/h Is fast enough. For those who are insecure controls a device speed you can restrict.

Equipped with a console chair is able to overcome a 25-degree slope when there is a man weighing 90 kg. Yudin Himself, as he says, to climb a hill, the inclination angle was 35 degrees.

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The system is provided with a reverse travel, and steering angle allows you to turn on the spot, making use of the appliances in the apartment. The electronic display on the handlebars shows information about the transmission, pradena distance, battery power and speed.

Another important design detail — Parking brake (disk) that is not associated with the braking system of the wheelchair. He will not allow the disabled person to slide down during a stop on a slope. In addition, the device has a regenerative braking mode, which will stop the carriage the man, who can not press hard enough on the brake handle.

Console easily folded and placed in a regular passenger car, while for full-fledged carriage of electric wheelchairs need a truck or at least a large SUV.

According to Yudin, the world has a similar system, but they are too expensive — the price varies from 1.2 to 5 thousand euros. The average price of similar devices in Europe is about 3 thousand euros.

One of the challenges that developers faced was to make a console universal, so the most difficult in developing the system was to figure out how to implement it connecting and disconnecting to different chairs to gurneys. "People with disabilities used to your own wheelchair, it is uncomfortable to change," explains Yudin.

As a result, the solution was found and now the console fits almost all chairs of active type according to the inventor, but not passive — they are, according to Yudin, are not adapted for any quick drive away.

All construction components are manufactured according to the drawings of the company's Chinese factories. Russia delivered the finished components.





Despite the low cost of development compared to foreign counterparts, 70 thousand rubles for the majority of Russian people with disabilities — very heavy price, says Yudin. According to him, the project is social, but no one sotsprogrammy the invention is not suitable, since their requirements are always specified exactly electric wheelchair, not a console. While electric wheelchairs weigh 40-70 kg, which imposes huge restrictions on their use by disabled persons, and are from 2 to 10 times more expensive than attachments Yudin.

Therefore, the "SupremeMotors" is looking for sponsors — charities or non-profit organizations that are willing to buy consoles and give them to the disabled. For such organizations and medical centres the company is ready to make a significant discount on the product. published

 

Source: hightech.fm/2016/09/05/SupremeMotors

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