US 12,353,220 B2
Mobile object and method of controlling the same
Sun Myoung Jo, Ansan-si (KR); Jin Choi, Seoul (KR); and Hoon Chung, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and MOBINN INC., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and MOBINN INC., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/687,299.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0086665 (KR), filed on Jul. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0004173 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 21/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0891 (2013.01) [B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B62D 21/00 (2013.01); B25J 5/007 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile object comprising:
a body part;
a drive part coupled to one side of the body part and comprising one or more wheels; and
an accommodation part coupled to another side of the body part and having an internal space capable of accommodating an article,
wherein the drive part is coupled to a lower region of the body part, and the body part is rotatably coupled to the drive part,
wherein the accommodation part is coupled to an upper region of the body part, and the accommodation part is rotatably coupled to the body part,
wherein the accommodation part comprises:
a frame comprising a plurality of rod members fixedly coupled to one another to define the internal space;
wherein the body part comprises:
a first region configured to define one side region of the body part and rotatably coupled to the wheel and the frame; and
a second region configured to define another side region of the body part and rotatably coupled to the wheel and the frame,
wherein the first region comprises:
a first frame comprising a rod member extending in a vertical direction; and
a first plate coupled to a lateral side of an upper region of the first frame, and
wherein the second region comprises:
a second frame comprising a rod member extending in the vertical direction; and
a second plate coupled to a lateral side of an upper region of the second frame,
wherein the accommodation part further comprises:
a first rotary shaft configured to penetrate the first plate and provided to be rotatable relative to the first plate;
a rotary motor configured to operate the first rotary shaft, and
a second rotary shaft configured to penetrate the second plate and provided to be rotatable relative to the second plate,
wherein the second rotary shaft rotates passively by the rotation of the first shaft by the operation of the rotary motor.