Mobility device having turning assisting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10933942-B2
Application number	US-201816207756-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2018
Priority date	Jun 25, 2018
Publication date	Mar 2, 2021
Grant date	Mar 2, 2021

Abstract

A mobility device includes a sidecar and a tilting vehicle including a two-wheeled bicycle, and may further include: an articulated link member including multiple link arms configured to link a vehicle body of the tilting vehicle and a body of the sidecar. In particular, linkage movements of the respective multiple link arms provide upward and downward movements, and leftward and rightward tiltings of the sidecar when a center of gravity of the vehicle body moves leftward and rightward.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobility device including a sidecar and a tilting vehicle including a two-wheeled bicycle, the mobility device comprising:
a first link arm and a second link arm, which are respectively linked to a vehicle body of the tilting vehicle at first and second joints, and respectively linked to a body of the sidecar at third and fourth joints,
wherein:
the first and second link arms are disposed in parallel with each other,
the first link arm is disposed in front of the second link arm in a front and rear direction of the vehicle body, and
the first and second link arms are linked to a seat tube of the vehicle body through a first joint member and linked to a lower center of a side of the sidecar body through a second joint member.

2. The mobility device of claim 1 , wherein:
the first and second joints are formed on the first joint member, and the third and fourth joints are formed on the second joint member.

3. The mobility device of claim 1 , wherein:
suspensions are mounted on the first and second link arms.

4. The mobility device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first cowl member which is installed on the vehicle body through a main cowl frame; and
a second cowl member which is installed on the sidecar body through a sub cowl frame.

5. The mobility device of claim 4 , further comprising:
a guide member including a guide hole and installed on the main cowl frame, wherein the guide hole is rounded and inclined from a lower side to an upper side in the front and rear direction of the vehicle body; and
a sliding member which is installed on the sub cowl frame and slidably coupled to the guide hole of the guide member.

6. The mobility device of claim 1 , further comprising: a trailer connected to the sidecar body through a connecting member.

7. The mobility device of claim 6 , wherein:
the trailer includes:
a bottom frame connected to a rear side of the sidecar body; and
at least one safety bar installed on the bottom frame in the front and rear direction of the vehicle body.

8. The mobility device of claim 6 , wherein:
the connecting member includes:
a towing loop fixedly and horizontally installed at a center of a rear end of the sidecar body; and
a coupling loop fixedly and vertically installed at a center of a front side of the trailer and connected to the towing loop.

9. The mobility device of claim 6 , wherein:
the connecting member includes:
a towing loop disposed vertically at a center of a rear end of the sidecar body and installed to be rotatable in a left and right direction of the vehicle body; and
a coupling loop fixedly and horizontally installed at a center of a front side of the trailer and connected to the towing loop.

10. The mobility device of claim 6 , further comprising:
a first cowl member installed on the vehicle body through a main cowl frame; and
a second cowl member installed on the sidecar body through a sub cowl frame.

11. The mobility device of claim 10 , further comprising:
a guide member which is installed on the main cowl frame and has a guide hole rounded and inclined from a lower side to an upper side in the front and rear direction of the vehicle body; and
a sliding member which is installed on the sub cowl frame and slidably coupled to the guide hole.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Choi Jungnam
• Lim Sung Dae

Classifications

• B62K27/04

  Car bodies; Fairings · CPC title

• B62J17/083

  Frame mounted hoods specially adapted for rider propelled cycles · CPC title

• B62K27/12 Primary

  Coupling parts for attaching cars or the like to cycle; Arrangements thereof · CPC title

• B62K13/06 Primary

  to a quadricycle, e.g. by coupling together two bicycles side by side · CPC title

• B62K27/02

  Frames · CPC title