Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
180208000 | Collapsible or knockdown for storage or transport | 27 |
20080245592 | Electric Foldable Wheelchair - An electric wheelchair comprises: a chair assembly and a wheel assembly. The wheel assembly is mounted at the bottom of the chair assembly. The chair assembly includes a seat, a first frame, a second frame, and a third frame, which are pivotally connected to form a four-bar linkage mechanism, so that the seat and the respective frames of the electric wheelchair will be folded synchronously in the same direction when the electric wheelchair is being folded, and the folding direction of the chair assembly is vertical to the axis of the drive wheels of the wheel assembly, thus allowing the disabled user to fold the chair assembly and to disassemble the wheel assembly quickly and effortlessly. | 10-09-2008 |
20090020350 | Folding Electric Scooter - A folding electric scooter comprises a chassis. The front end of the chassis is disposed with a front wheel and a handlebar used to control the direction of the front wheel. The handlebar is a folding structure. The rear end of the chassis is pivotally coupled with a rear rack. The rear rack is disposed with a rear wheel, a motor and a battery. The motor and the battery are used to offer the power to the rear wheel. In addition, the rear rack is disposed with a folding four-bar linkage, which forms the seat. By such arrangements, when the folding electric scooter is not in use, the four-bar linkage can be folded to fold the seat, and the handlebar can be synchronously folded, thus minimizing the whole volume to facilitate the transportation and the storage. | 01-22-2009 |
20090205893 | Inflatable electric vehicle - An electric vehicle for personal transportation has an inflatable body that can be deflated and the electric vehicle collapsed to a storage or transport configuration that is compact and light-weight. At least one front wheel and one rear wheel are attached to the inflatable body. An electric motor is attached to a wheel and preferably there is an electric motor for each rear wheel to power and brake the vehicle. A battery pack provides vehicle propulsion and provides structural support. An electronic control unit controls the electric motor and also provides structural support. A steering assembly includes the front wheel that is structurally connected to a rear wheel by the inflatable body, a steering column, handle bars, and braking and speed controls operable by a person sitting on the inflatable body. | 08-20-2009 |
20090255747 | 3-Wheeled stand-up personal mobility vehicle and components therein - An electric vehicle with a modular frame that includes a main chassis with a rider platform (standing position), front fork/wheel assembly, handlebar assembly, and rear trailing arm assembly with left and right rear wheels. The front fork assembly bolts to the main chassis. The handlebar assembly fastens to the pivoting steer tube of the front fork assembly. The trailing arm assembly bolts to the main chassis and pivots to provide rear suspension for the vehicle. The trailing arm includes a stabilizer bar connecting the right and left trailing arms. Electronics enclosures are integral to the main chassis and are structural members of the vehicle. The battery pack can be installed or removed from the main chassis with a hand-activated latch. The electronics plate contains traction system electronics and is removable from the main chassis. The handle bar assembly includes a folding mechanism. | 10-15-2009 |
20090308676 | Foldable people-carrying vehicle - A vehicle includes a chassis body, a footrest member pivoted to a front end of the chassis body, a rear wheel assembly joined on the chassis body, a seat, a front wheel assembly in front of the footrest member, and a steering device; the seat is pivoted on an upper end of a supporting mechanism, which is pivoted on the chassis body, and can be moved between a raised in-use position and a lowered not-in-use one; the steering device includes a telescopic part, and is pivoted on a pivotal component protruding from an axle of the front wheel assembly to be movable between a raised in-use position and a lowered not-in-use one; an auxiliary wheel assembly is arranged in front of the footrest member and above the front wheel assembly so that the vehicle can be moved on the auxiliary wheel assembly when it is in a folded configuration. | 12-17-2009 |
20100126789 | Personal Vehicles - An electric scooter ( | 05-27-2010 |
20100187034 | Fixing device for a foldable chassis of an electric walk-substituting vehicle - A walk-substituting vehicle includes a foldable chassis, a steering mechanism, a seat assembly, and a fixing device, which is movable to a fastening portion to prevent the chassis from folding from an in-use position; the chassis includes a main part and a footrest part; the vehicle can be moved to a folded configuration, wherein the chassis is folded, and the steering mechanism and the seat assembly lie on the chassis; the fixing device includes a pulling member pivoted on the footrest part, a joining member pivoted on the pulling member, and a pushing member joined on and slideable along a receiving recessed portion of the pulling member; when the fixing device is in the fastening position, the joining member will be hooked over the main part of the chassis, and the pushing member engaged with the joining member to prevent the joining member from pivoting relative to the pulling member. | 07-29-2010 |
20110024217 | MOTORIZED FOLDABLE SCOOTER - A motorized foldable scooter has a frame, at least a front and rear wheel connected to the frame, a seat supported by the frame, a steering arrangement for the front wheel, and an electric motor, driving the rear wheel through a transmission. The frame has at least front and rear frame parts movably connected through a substantially vertical rotary axis to move the frame parts between an extended position of use and a collapsed resting position. The steering arrangement and the seat, and/or the front and rear frame parts are shaped such with respect to each other and the rotary axis that they at least partly nest in lateral direction of the scooter when the frame parts are in the collapsed resting position. | 02-03-2011 |
20110247889 | Collapsible Vehicle - A powered vehicle has a rear frame assembly and a front frame assembly that are pivotally attached to one another, and can be pivoted from a normal fully-extended operating position to a folded position in which the frame assemblies are positioned substantially adjacent to one another, effectively reducing overall vehicle length to about half. One or more latch members lock the front and rear frame assemblies in the fully-extended, normal operating position, and they may be used to lock the frame assemblies in the folded position. The seat support structure may be integrated with the front and rear frame assemblies such that pivoting the frame assemblies toward the folded position collapses the seat support. The steering tiller may also be collapsible toward the front frame assembly. The rear wheels may be mounted on a transaxle that is pivotally mounted on the rear frame assembly. An extendable handle may be provided to assist in the folding operation and to tow the collapsed vehicle on its anti-tip rollers. | 10-13-2011 |
20120103715 | Cart-A-Kart - An architecture is presented that provides a portable, motorized cart designed for transporting golf equipment or other large items, as well as provides a transportable vehicle. The motorized cart comprises a base unit with wheels, a seat removably secured to the base unit, and a steering mechanism. Furthermore, power controls are included for controlling the motorized cart. Additionally, the cart comprises a securing device for securing an item to the front of the base unit, wherein the item includes golf equipment, yard equipment, shopping bags, etc. Furthermore, the wheels, the foldable seat and the steering mechanism are detachable from the base unit, allowing the motorized cart to be disassembled and stored in a trunk of a car or other vehicle. | 05-03-2012 |
20120118657 | Motorized Golf Bag Cart - A motorized golf bag cart includes a base frame, a lower frame and an upper frame. The base frame has a front wheel rotatable base set at two sides of the front side respectively for installing a front wheel able to spin freely, a battery set at the rear side, a connecting base formed at two sides of the rear side respectively, a motor positioned outwardly next to the connecting base, and two direction-oriented rear wheels connected outwardly with the motor. The lower frame is pivotally connected with the connecting base outwardly, provided with a positioning member located at two sides of the bottom respectively, and a folding joint installed at the top. The upper frame has a lower end connected with the folding joint, a rotatable joint and a handle bar set at the top and having a power switch and a speed controller etc, to direct the cart. | 05-17-2012 |
20120193159 | FOLDABLE SEAT MOUNTING RACK AND FOLDABLE MOTORIZED VEHICLE HAVING SAME - A foldable seat mounting rack of a foldable motorized vehicle includes a pair of symmetric foldable seat mounting support. Each symmetric foldable seat mounting supports comprises: an upper mounting base, a lower mounting base, a pinion, a locking lever, a main connecting plate, a first and a second auxiliary connecting plates. The main connecting plate is pivoted on both upper and lower mounting bases. The pinion is pivoted at a middle portion on an inner side of the main connecting plate. Side surfaces at one end of the both auxiliary connecting plates are formed with racks engaging with the pinion. The first auxiliary connecting plate is pivoted on the lower mounting base and the second auxiliary connecting plate is pivoted on the upper mounting base. One end of the locking lever is pivoted on the upper end of the main connecting plate, and the other end presses against the pinion. | 08-02-2012 |
20120193160 | HANDLEBAR FOLDING MECHANISM AND FOLDABLE MOTORIZED VEHICLE HAVING SAME - A handlebar folding mechanism for a foldable motorized vehicle comprising: (a) a mounting base, (b) a first connecting member and a second connecting member, each having a connection portion and a locking portion, (c) a first locking lever and a second locking lever, (d) a steering axial rod and (e) a first steering handlebar and a second steering handlebar, each of the steering handlebar having an inside end and outside end, wherein the connection portions of the connecting members are connected to the inside end of the first steering handlebar, the locking portions of the connecting members are pivoted on the mounting base, the locking levers are retractably mounted in the mounting base to control the rotation of the connecting members. | 08-02-2012 |
20140291049 | Foot-controlled powered vehicle - A motorized vehicle for a rider standing with one foot in front of the other, having at least one front wheel and at least one rear wheel. Load sensing means for sensing the amount of weight on each of the rider's feet are attached to or incorporated into the surfaces upon which the rider stands. An electronic control system detects when the distribution of weight between the rider's front and rear feet deviates from a certain ratio, and directs the motor to accelerate or decelerate in order to correct the change and restore the desired weight ratio. In this way the rider can control the speed of the vehicle by shifting her weight forward or backward. The front wheel is steerable by the rider's front foot. Leg contact surfaces facilitate stability as well as precision and control. Another control method is also described. | 10-02-2014 |
20140332299 | ELECTRIC CART - A transport device has a carriage and at least three wheels mounted at a minimum of two axles. One of the axles is a driven axle which carries only a single, centrally mounted, electrically driven wheel. A support unit is configured to accommodate an elongated load, such as a golf bag. A guide component on a control side has a handle area. When the cart is in the operational position, the drive axle at the carriage is on hand at the control side, and the support unit substantially protrudes in the direction of the control side laterally across the drive axle. | 11-13-2014 |
20140360796 | FOLDING VEHICLE - A folding vehicle structure includes a frame having a plurality of members. A first member intersects a second member at a first pivot point. A third member, spaced from the first and second members, intersects a fourth member, which is also spaced from the first and second members, at a second pivot point. The frame includes a first cross-member extending between the first and second intersection points. The frame is collapsible. | 12-11-2014 |
20150060176 | FOLDABLE ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein are a foldable electric bicycle and a control method thereof. The foldable electric bicycle including a drive motor to rotate at least one of a front wheel and a rear wheel, and an actuation lever to lock or unlock rotation between a front frame provided with the front wheel and a rear frame provided with the rear wheel by shifting the actuation lever, includes an actuation lever sensing unit to sense whether the actuation lever is at a locked position or at an unlocked position, a motor driving unit to drive the drive motor, and a control unit which controls the motor driving unit to drive the drive motor in order to generate torque between the front frame and the rear frame by movement of the wheels when the actuation lever is shifted from the locked position to the unlocked position. | 03-05-2015 |
20150321722 | FOLDABLE MOTORIZED SCOOTER - The disclosure is directed to a foldable motorized scooter having at least one front wheel and at least one rear wheel, configured to operate between an extended rideable position where the front wheel and the rear wheel are aligned along a longitudinal axis, and a folded stowed position wherein the at least one front wheel and the at least one rear wheel are concentrically parallel to each other along a transverse axis, the foldable motorized scooter equipped with a rechargeable power source. | 11-12-2015 |
20160016629 | DRAW-BAR BOX TYPE PORTABLE FOLDING ELECTRO-TRICYCLE WITH FOLDING CHAIR FUNCTION - A portable foldable electric tricycle that can be folded to form a trolley suitcase shape and a chair includes a folding frame connecting a front wheel assembly and handlebar assembly to a seat. The front wheel assembly includes an electric motor to drive the front wheel. A backrest and rear wheel assembly are hinge connected with the seat by oppositely disposed four bar linkages. A stand is hinge connected to the seat. The folding frame, front wheel assembly and handlebar assembly can be folded to a position within the seat and the stand folded to a position in which it supports the seat to define the chair configuration of the electric tricycle. The backrest and rear wheel assembly can be folded to non-extended positions in which they are disposed adjacent the seat to define the trolley suitcase configuration of the case. | 01-21-2016 |
20160137254 | Foldable motorized bicycle - A motorized foldable bicycle assembly arranged to be collapsible from an elongated four-sectioned segmented frame arrangement with a set of electronically controlled motorized front and rear wheels spaced longitudinally apart on the elongated frame arrangement. The front wheel and the rear wheel are arranged in an aligned, side-by-side adjacent configuration with a steering column supported handlebar arrangement correspondingly collapsed in a skewed or misaligned orientation in a space between the side-by-side wheels when folded upin an unridable configuration. The segmented frame arrangement generally forms a “M” configuration in the bicycle's folded and collapsed configuration. | 05-19-2016 |
20160144708 | LUGGAGE SCOOTER - A luggage scooter is revealed. A moveable and foldable foot rest unit is disposed on a front surface of a box. A vertical rod arranged with a handle is connected to a front end of the foot rest unit. A front wheel is set on bottom of the vertical rod while a transmission wheel is disposed on a bottom side of the box and connected to a power source. Anti-tip wheels are arranged at bottom surface of the box. The foot rest unit and the vertical rod are mounted in the box so that the luggage scooter is used as a luggage for loading objects. While being used as a scooter, the foot rest unit is extended and users sit on the box with feet stepping thereon and hands holding the handle. A drive unit drives the power source to move the transmission wheel. | 05-26-2016 |
20160159424 | Single-Wheel Structure Transportation Device with Extendable Walking Handle - A single-wheel structure transportation device with an extendable walking handle. The transportation device may include a motor, gyroscopic fore-aft self-balancing, and foot platforms for riding the device in a substantially standing position. Various extendable handle arrangements are disclosed that permit a use to readily maneuver the device while walking and to stow the walking handle with or within the frame or housing of the device while the user is riding the device. | 06-09-2016 |
20170233024 | SELF-BALANCING DOUBLE-WHEELED ELECTRICAL SCOOTER | 08-17-2017 |
20180022411 | Golf-bag Carrying Vehicle | 01-25-2018 |
20180022412 | Convertible Scooter | 01-25-2018 |
20190144065 | MOTOR SCOOTER THAT CAN BE FOLDED UP | 05-16-2019 |
20190144068 | HANDLEBARS WITH A BASE | 05-16-2019 |