US 11,981,455 B2
Mobility vehicle transfer platform
Sang Heon Lee, Seoul (KR); Dong Eun Cha, Hwaseong-Si (KR); and Jin Ho Hwang, Cheonan-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 Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/693,736.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0075032 (KR), filed on Jun. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0396375 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B64F 1/36 (2024.01); B60F 5/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B64D 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64F 1/36 (2013.01) [B60F 5/00 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B64D 9/00 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobility vehicle transfer platform comprising:
an elevation passage provided in a structure having a take-off and landing site for an air mobility vehicle, and having an internal space extending in a vertical direction to be connected to the take-off and landing site and to allow a ground mobility vehicle to be elevated or lowered through the internal space to be connected to or separated from the air mobility vehicle; and
an elevation unit provided in the internal space of the elevation passage, having an elevation portion selectively connected to the ground mobility vehicle and configured for elevating or lowering the ground mobility vehicle in the elevation passage when the ground mobility vehicle is connected to the elevation portion,
wherein the elevation portion is provided on a lower surface of the elevation unit,
wherein a coupling portion is provided at an upper end portion of the ground mobility vehicle, and
wherein the ground mobility vehicle is connected to the elevation portion of the elevation unit or the air mobility vehicle by the coupling portion.