Convertible scooter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11084550-B2
Application number	US-201616324976-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 15, 2016
Priority date	Aug 15, 2016
Publication date	Aug 10, 2021
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021

Abstract

A scooter includes a scooter body with substantially triangular front and rear body portions. The substantially triangular front body portion has a front side and a first connecting side. The front side and the first connecting side of the front body portion form a first acute angle. The substantially triangular rear body portion has a rear side and a second connecting side. The rear side and the second connecting side of the rear body portion form a second acute angle. The first and the second connecting sides are connected so as to linearly slide with respect to one another such that when the scooter body is in an extended state the front side is in a greater distance from the rear side than a distance when the scooter body is in a compact state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A scooter, comprising a scooter body, the scooter body comprising:
a triangular front body portion including a front side and a first connecting side, wherein the front side and first connecting side form a first acute angle;
a triangular rear body portion including a rear side and a second connecting side, wherein the rear side and second connecting side form a second acute angle;
wherein the first and second connecting sides are connected so as to linearly slide with respect to one another such that when the scooter body is in an extended state the front side has a greater distance from the rear side than when the scooter body is in a compact state; and
a steering column, wherein the front body portion further includes a first steering column holder and a second steering column holder transverse to the first steering column holder, and wherein the steering column is releaseably mountable to the first steering column holder when the scooter body is in the compact state, and releaseably mountable to the second steering column holder when the scooter body is in the extended state.

2. The scooter of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of rear wheels mountable to the rear body and a crank assembly mounted to the front body, wherein the crank assembly is driveably engageable to the rear wheels.

3. The scooter of claim 2 , wherein the crank assembly is engageable with the rear wheels when the scooter body is in the extended state.

4. The scooter of claim 2 , wherein the rear wheels are rotatable about an axis transverse to a side surface of the scooter body extending from the front side to the rear side, when the scooter body is in the extended state.

5. The scooter of claim 2 , wherein the crank assembly further includes a crank gear and a cross engaging gear driveably coupled to the crank gear, the cross engaging gear driveably engageable with the rear wheels when the scooter body is in the extended state.

6. The scooter of claim 5 , wherein the crank assembly further includes a crank assembly frame retractably mounted to the front body, and wherein the crank gear and the cross engaging gear are rotatably mounted to the crank assembly frame.

7. The scooter of claim 6 , further comprising a crank arm releaseably attachable to the crank assembly and drivably engageable with the rear wheels when the crank assembly is in an unretracted state.

8. The scooter of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of rear wheels mountable to the rear body and a transmission driveably engageable with the rear wheels.

9. The scooter of claim 8 , wherein the rear wheels rotate about an axis transverse to a side surface of the scooter body extending from the front side to the rear side when the scooter is in the extended state.

10. The scooter of claim 8 , wherein the rear wheels rotate about an axis parallel to a side surface of the scooter body extending from the front side to the rear side when the scooter body is in the compact state.

11. The scooter of claim 8 , wherein the front body further includes a crank assembly, and the transmission further includes a worm gear rotatably engageable with the rear
wheel when the scooter body is in the compact state, a cross engaging rear gear coupled to the worm gear and engageable to the crank assembly.

12. The scooter of claim 11 , wherein the crank assembly of the front body includes a cross engaging gear, and the rear cross engaging gear is engageable with the cross engaging gear when the scooter is in the extended state.

13. The scooter of claim 8 , wherein the transmission further includes a worm shaft supported by the rear body and engageable with the rear wheels when the scooter is in the compact state, the worm shaft including one or more worms rotatably engageable with one or more worm gears supported by the rear body, and an electric motor driveably coupled to the worm gears.

14. The scooter of claim 1 , wherein the rear body further includes a seat pole holder parallel to the front and the rear sides, wherein a seat pole is releaseably mountable to the seat pole holder.

15. The scooter of claim 1 , further comprising a standing mode harness connector and a bike mode harness connector mounted to the first connecting side of the front body portion, and a rear portion electrical connector mounted to the second connecting side of the rear body portion.

16. The scooter of claim 15 , wherein at each of the compact states of the scooter body at least one of the standing mode harness connector and the bike mode harness connector is electrically connectable to the rear portion electrical connector.

17. A scooter, comprising a scooter body, the scooter body comprising:
a triangular front body portion including a front side and a first connecting side, wherein the front side and first connecting side form a first acute angle; and
a triangular rear body portion including a rear side and a second connecting side, wherein the rear side and second connecting side form a second acute angle;
a plurality of rear wheels mountable to the rear body and a transmission driveably engageable with the rear wheels;
wherein the front body further includes a crank assembly, and the transmission further includes a worm gear rotatably engageable with the rear wheel when the scooter body is in the compact state, a cross engaging rear gear coupled to the worm gear and engageable to the crank assembly;
wherein the first and second connecting sides are connected so as to linearly slide with respect to one another such that when the scooter body is in an extended state the front side has a greater distance from the rear side than when the scooter body is in a compact state, and wherein the crank assembly of the front body includes a cross engaging gear, and the rear cross engaging gear is engageable with the cross engaging gear when the scooter is in the extended state.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Aguilar Ruelas Eduardo Arturo
• Mendoza Saldivar Hector Alberto

Classifications

• B62K13/06

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

• B62K5/06

  Frames for tricycles · CPC title

• B62M9/02

  of unchangeable ratio · CPC title

• B62K13/04

  to a tricycle · CPC title

• B62K2015/001

  Frames adapted to be easily dismantled · CPC title