Storage vehicle for small mobility

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12227119-B2
Application number	US-202217694250-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2022
Priority date	Jul 15, 2021
Publication date	Feb 18, 2025
Grant date	Feb 18, 2025

Abstract

A storage vehicle for a mobility includes a seat provided inside the storage vehicle and spaced from a floor of the storage vehicle upward to form a separation space below the seat; a storage slot formed in the separation space below the seat, opened to an external side of the storage vehicle through a portion of a sidewall of the storage vehicle, and configured to store the mobility therein; a door provided in the opening portion of the storage slot; and an opening/closing portion provided on a side of the door and configured to operate the door upward or downward to open or close an opening portion of the storage slot.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A storage vehicle for a mobility, the storage vehicle comprising:
a seat provided inside the storage vehicle and spaced from a floor of the storage vehicle upward to form a separation space below the seat;
a storage slot formed in the separation space below the seat, opened to an external side of the storage vehicle through a portion of a sidewall of the storage vehicle, and configured to store the mobility therein;
a door provided in the storage slot; and
an opening/closing portion provided on a side of the door and configured to operate the door upward or downward to open or close the storage slot,
wherein the door is provided on the sidewall of the storage vehicle to form a portion of the sidewall and has a shape extending from an upper end portion of the seat to the floor of the vehicle.

2. The storage vehicle of claim 1 , wherein an end of the door is pivotally connected to the seat to selectively close the storage slot.

3. The storage vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein the seat is disposed to direct a seatback to face the external side of the storage vehicle,
wherein the seatback is located at a position spaced from the sidewall of the storage vehicle to form an interspace between the seatback and the sidewall of the storage vehicle, and
wherein a separation space, which is formed so that a seat cushion is spaced from the floor of the storage vehicle upward, is connected to the interspace.

4. The storage vehicle of claim 3 ,
wherein the storage slot is provided in each of the separation space and the interspace,
wherein when the mobility is stored, a scaffold of the mobility is located in the separation space, and
wherein a handle of the mobility is located in the interspace.

5. The storage vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein the door includes an upper end portion and a lower end portion;
wherein the opening/closing portion slides the upper end portion of the door upward or downward, and
wherein when the upper end portion of the door slides upward, the lower end portion of the door is rotated to the external side of the storage vehicle to connect the floor of the storage vehicle to the ground, assisting storage of the mobility into the storage slot or withdrawal of the mobility out of the storage slot.

6. The storage vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein the door is provided to be rotatable based on one side thereof, and
wherein the opening/closing portion rotates the door in a lateral direction to open or close the storage slot.

7. The storage vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein a fixing portion is provided at a lower end portion of the storage slot, and
wherein when the mobility is stored in the storage slot, the fixing portion fixes the mobility, and when the opening portion is opened, the fixing portion releases the fixing.

8. The storage vehicle of claim 7 , wherein, when the mobility is stored in the storage slot, the fixing portion locks wheels or a scaffold of the mobility to fix the mobility in the storage slot.

9. The storage vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein a charging portion is provided in the storage slot, and
wherein when the mobility is stored in the storage slot, the charging portion charges a battery of the mobility.

10. A storage vehicle for a mobility, the storage vehicle comprising:
a seat provided inside the storage vehicle and spaced from a floor of the storage vehicle upward to form a separation space below the seat;
a storage slot formed in the separation space below the seat, opened to an external side of the storage vehicle through a portion of a sidewall of the storage vehicle, and configured to store the mobility therein;
a door provided in the storage slot; and
an opening/closing portion provided on a side of the door and configured to operate the door upward or downward to open or close the storage slot,
wherein the opening/closing portion includes an actuator provided at an upper end portion of the door, and
wherein as the actuator is rotated in a first direction or a second direction, the door slides upward or downward to open or close the storage slot.

11. The storage vehicle of claim 10 ,
wherein the actuator is coupled to the door through a support extending from the actuator and connected on a center portion of the door, and
wherein the support pushes the door to the external side of the storage vehicle to slide the door upward according to a rotation of the actuator or pulls the door to an internal side of the storage vehicle to slide the door downward.

12. A storage vehicle for a mobility, the storage vehicle comprising:
a seat provided inside the storage vehicle and spaced from a floor of the storage vehicle upward to form a separation space below the seat;
a storage slot formed in the separation space below the seat, opened to an external side of the storage vehicle through a portion of a sidewall of the storage vehicle, and configured to store the mobility therein;
a door provided in the storage slot; and
an opening/closing portion provided on a side of the door and configured to operate the door upward or downward to open or close the storage slot,
wherein an auxiliary storage portion is provided at a lower end portion of the storage slot, and
wherein when the door is opened, the auxiliary storage portion connects the floor of the storage vehicle to the ground to assist storage of the mobility into the storage slot or withdrawal of the mobility out of the storage slot.

13. The storage vehicle of claim 12 , wherein the auxiliary storage portion has a shape of plate protruding from the lower end portion of the storage slot toward an upper end portion of the storage slot, a first end portion of the auxiliary storage portion is rotatably coupled to the floor, and a second end portion thereof is supported on the ground when rotated.

14. The storage vehicle of claim 13 , wherein an elastic member is provided on an end portion of the auxiliary storage portion, and when the door is opened, the auxiliary storage portion is rotated to the external side of the storage vehicle due to an elastic force of the elastic member so that the second end portion of the auxiliary storage portion is supported on the ground.

15. The storage vehicle of claim 13 ,
wherein the auxiliary storage portion includes an actuator provided at the lower end portion of the storage slot, and
wherein as the actuator is rotated in a first direction or a second direction, the auxiliary storage portion rotates to open or close the storage slot.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Cha Dong Eun
• Lee Sang Heon
• Hwang Jin Ho

Classifications

• B60Y2200/91

  Electric vehicles · CPC title

• B60R2011/0021

  Doors · CPC title

• B60R7/043

  mounted on or under a seat · CPC title

• B60R7/046 Primary

  mounted on door · CPC title

• B60L2200/24

  Personal mobility vehicles · CPC title