US 12,280,844 B2
Personal mobility and control method thereof
Hee Jin Ro, Seoul (KR); Yocheol Jang, Suwon-si (KR); Duck Young Kim, Seongnam-si (KR); Donghee Seok, Suwon-si (KR); and Ilsun Song, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/538,040.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0044468 (KR), filed on Apr. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0315144 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B62H 5/02 (2006.01); B62H 1/02 (2006.01); B62H 5/06 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62H 5/02 (2013.01) [B62H 1/02 (2013.01); B62H 5/06 (2013.01); E05B 47/0012 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A personal mobility comprising:
a steering bar;
a steering rod provided inside the steering bar and configured to rotate according to a rotation of the steering bar, the steering rod including a protrusion part provided on an outer surface of the steering rod;
a stopper provided on the steering bar and configured to change a rotation radius of the steering rod;
a stopper driving device configured to control a rotation of the stopper; and
a controller configured to control the stopper driving device such that the steering rod is rotatable in a state in which the personal mobility is rented and to control the stopper driving device such that the steering rod is not rotatable in a state in which the personal mobility is returned;
wherein the stopper includes a locking part provided on a surface facing the steering rod;
wherein a first surface of the locking part has a cross section inclined at a predetermined angle compared to a second surface of the locking part;
wherein the steering rod is not rotatable by the protrusion part caught on the second surface of the locking part;
wherein the controller is configured to control the stopper driving device such that the second surface of the locking part of the stopper directs to a center of the rotation radius of the steering rod in the state in which the personal mobility is rented; and
wherein the controller is configured to control the stopper driving device such that the second surface of the locking part of the stopper directs to an end of the rotation radius of the steering rod in the state in which the personal mobility is returned.