In reality it's because hoverboards are basically explosives.
That thing is so far different in form and function that I don't understand how this is infringement. Looks like the market is done for electric boards with wheels.
[QUOTE=Handsome Matt;49481894]they're nothing alike lmao
[editline]8th January 2016[/editline]
gr8 patent abuse[/QUOTE]
Not really, one of the patents is about a 1 wheeled self stabilising "board", the problem is it was only just submitted a month ago then approved on the 5th (this Tuesday) and it looks uncannily similar to what the chinese firm has produced, have a look for yourself. [URL]http://www.toyinvention.com/toy-patents/patD746928.pdf[/URL]
You can quite clearly see the similarities between what Future Motion patented and what Changzhou First International Trade have made.
The second patent goes into the methods of actually making the board and those were approved back in April, what Changzhou have made clearly violates them both.
Its actually not patent abuse, Changzhou has either straight copied the design or done it completely without knowing, either way it's violating the patents.
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[QUOTE=Handsome Matt;49481894]they're nothing alike lmao
[editline]8th January 2016[/editline]
gr8 patent abuse[/QUOTE]
Did you actually look at the article or just read the title?
This has nothing to do with these:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/wMpz3pz.jpg[/t]
and everything to do with the fact that (red circled board) seems to be a clone of (blue circled board).
[t]http://i.imgur.com/L5fVaMf.jpg[/t]
Also, while the first patent was only [i]issued[/i] this month, it was applied for in October 2014. The second was only issued in August, where as the article notes (inconsistently I notice) that it was filed over a year prior.
A swatting at a trade show? That's a first if I've seen one.
Silly China.
You should know better than demonstrating blatent copies of products at a North American trade show.
That looks extremely unsafe.
I actually prefer this design over the twowheeler hoverboard.
This is more like an electric skateboard.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNqOU4jx62I[/media]
There should really be a thin but rigid guard screen over the top part of the wheel, so you don't accidentally get your shoe on it.
And these actually look kinda neat & fun, compared to the silly two-wheeler "hoverboards"
[QUOTE=Drury;49487005]I actually prefer this design over the twowheeler hoverboard.
This is more like an electric skateboard.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNqOU4jx62I[/media][/QUOTE]
Looks a lot more stable and practical than the two-wheel scooters. I might actually get this in the summer.
[editline]9th January 2016[/editline]
$ 1,499.00 ok lol nope
Kinda sad it's that expensive, if it was more in the 500-600 range it could easily blow those shitty exploding fadboards out of the water.
I wonder why they sell it for that much, I mean the wheel is literally a racing kart wheel. They're not using bizarre custom wheels or anything. It has a basic gyro chip in it, same as in your phone, no weird space efficiency magic. Brushless motors, lithium batteries, you can get both for under 300. Some leds and a rough metal frame, how expensive can that be - especially with that simple functionalist design.
With the know-how you could build one of these yourself. No reason to sell it for the price that you can buy a car - which is considerably harder to build yourself.
Now I wonder how much would the chinese version cost. I'm guessing much less.
[QUOTE=Drury;49489907]Kinda sad it's that expensive, if it was more in the 500-600 range it could easily blow those shitty exploding fadboards out of the water.
I wonder why they sell it for that much, I mean the wheel is literally a racing kart wheel. They're not using bizarre custom wheels or anything. It has a basic gyro chip in it, same as in your phone, no weird space efficiency magic. Brushless motors, lithium batteries, you can get both for under 300. Some leds and a rough metal frame, how expensive can that be - especially with that simple functionalist design.
With the know-how you could build one of these yourself. No reason to sell it for the price that you can buy a car - which is considerably harder to build yourself.
Now I wonder how much would the chinese version cost. I'm guessing much less.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://hackaday.com/2014/11/13/surfing-around-on-a-self-balancing-cloud[/url]
Took me some time to find, but I KNEW I had seen someone make something very similar before.
[QUOTE=Orkel;49489448]$ 1,499.00 ok lol nope[/QUOTE]
why the fuck?
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