Electric cycle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9550542-B2
Application number	US-201514689435-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2015
Priority date	Apr 17, 2015
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

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

What is claimed is:

1. A kit for a reconfigurable 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 of the cycle configured to releasably engage the connecting port and a wheel rotatably connected to the frame member;
a second module including a frame member of the cycle 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 a 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 of the second module.

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 of the second module and a set of pedals rotatably connected to the frame member of the second module.

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 of the first module.

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.

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

• B62K13/06

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

• B62J1/16

  for children · CPC title

• B62M6/55 Primary

  power-driven at crank shafts parts · CPC title

• B62K13/02

  to a tandem · CPC title