Electric cycle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016304150-A1
Application number	US-201514689435-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 17, 2015
Priority date	Apr 17, 2015
Publication date	Oct 20, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A kit for an electric cycle includes a powertrain module including a case, a battery disposed in the case, an electric motor in communication with the battery and disposed in the case, and a connecting port on the case. The kit includes a first module including a frame member configured to releasably engage the connecting port and a wheel rotatably connected to the frame member, a second module including a frame member configured to releasably engage the connecting port, and a releasable locking feature on the connecting port.

First claim

1 . A kit for an electric cycle comprising:
a powertrain module including a case, a battery disposed in the case, an electric motor in communication with the battery and disposed in the case, and a connecting port on the case; a first module including a frame member configured to releasably engage the connecting port and a wheel rotatably connected to the frame member; a second module including a frame member configured to releasably engage the connecting port; and a releasable locking feature on the connecting port.

2 . The kit of claim 1 , wherein the powertrain module includes a second connecting port disposed on the case.

3 . The kit of claim 2 , wherein the first and second connecting ports face in a common direction and are spaced from each other along a vertical axis.

4 . The kit of claim 2 , wherein the powertrain module includes a third connecting port facing in the common direction, with the first, second, and third connecting ports spaced from each other along an axis.

5 . The kit of claim 1 , further comprising a transmission having a first end connected to the electric motor and a second end configured to be connected to the wheel of the first module.

6 . The kit of claim 5 , wherein the transmission is a flexible cable transmission.

7 . The kit of claim 1 , wherein the second module further includes a wheel rotatably connected to the frame member.

8 . The kit of claim 1 , further comprising an opposite connecting port positioned on the case opposite the connecting port, a third module including a frame member configured to releasably engage the opposite connecting port and a wheel rotatably connected to the frame member of the third module, and a second releasable locking feature on the opposite connecting port.

9 . The kit of claim 8 , wherein the second module is configured to releasably engage at least one of the first module and the third module.

10 . The kit of claim 9 , wherein the second module further includes a seat supported by the frame member and a set of pedals rotatably connected to the frame member.

11 . The kit of claim 8 , further comprising a fourth module including a frame member configured to releasably engage at least one of the connecting port, the second connecting port, the first module, the second module, and the third module.

12 . The kit of claim 1 , wherein the first module includes an infant seat disposed above the wheel.

13 . The kit of claim 1 , wherein the first module includes a seat supported by the frame member.

14 . The kit of claim 1 , wherein the powertrain module includes a seat supported on the case.

15 . The kit of claim 1 , wherein the wheel comprises a plurality of sectors pivotable from a folded state to an unfolded state.

16 . The kit of claim 1 , wherein the second module is configured to releasably engage the first module.

17 . A powertrain module for an electric cycle comprising:
a case having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; a battery disposed in the case; an electric motor connected to the battery and disposed in the case; a first connecting port on the first side and another connecting port on the second side; a releasable locking feature on each of the connecting ports; and a set of pedals disposed through the case.

18 . The powertrain module of claim 17 , further comprising a seat supported on the case.

19 . The powertrain module of claim 17 , wherein the first side includes a third connecting port.

20 . The powertrain module of claim 19 , wherein the first and third connecting ports are spaced from each other along a vertical axis.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Figueroa Benjamin Dueñas
• Domínguez Victorio Luis Alfonso
• Martinez Rivera Haydee Guadalupe
• Cruz Ramirez Raciel
• Jáuregui Ortiz Ramón
• Saavedra Roman José Guillermo
• Quintanar Meléndez Ana Laura
• Menchaca Gonzalez Daniel Amaury
• Martinez Colin José De Jesús

Classifications

• B62K1/00

  Unicycles · CPC title

• B60Y2200/13

  Bicycles; Tricycles · CPC title

• B62K13/06

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

• B62K13/02

  to a tandem · CPC title

• B62K3/02

  Frames (tandem frames B62K3/14) · CPC title