US 12,325,484 B2
Personal mobility device, system for steering personal mobility device, and method of controlling personal mobility device
Do-Kon Kim, Hwaseong-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 Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/972,280.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0074962 (KR), filed on Jun. 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406439 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B62K 5/08 (2006.01); B62J 43/10 (2020.01); B62K 5/007 (2013.01); B62K 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62K 5/08 (2013.01) [B62J 43/10 (2020.02); B62K 5/007 (2013.01); B62K 21/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A personal mobility device comprising:
a personal mobility device body comprising:
a first wheel mounted at a front portion with respect to a longitudinal direction of the personal mobility device body, and
a second wheel mounted at a rear portion with respect to the longitudinal direction of the personal mobility device body;
a first steering apparatus connector disposed at the front portion;
a second steering apparatus connector disposed at the rear portion;
a steering rod comprising an operable handle, wherein the steering rod is mountable on any one of the first steering apparatus connector or the second steering apparatus connector;
a load cell assembly provided on each of the first steering apparatus connector and the second steering apparatus connector, wherein the load cell assembly comprises a plurality of load cells; and
a connection rod connected to a lower portion of the steering rod, wherein displacement of the connection rod occurs by an operation of the steering rod,
wherein at least some of the plurality of load cells are disposed at a top, a bottom, a left side, and a right side of the connection rod to detect the displacement of the connection rod.