US 12,030,579 B2
Personal mobility and control method thereof
Rowoon An, Seoul (KR); Ilsun Song, Seongnam-si (KR); Jae Yul Woo, Seoul (KR); Seunghyun Woo, Seoul (KR); and Soobin Kim, Seoul (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 Aug. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/412,735.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0146776 (KR), filed on Nov. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0135172 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. B62K 11/02 (2006.01); B62J 1/00 (2006.01); B62J 9/10 (2020.01); B62J 45/20 (2020.01); B62J 45/41 (2020.01); B62J 50/21 (2020.01); B62K 17/00 (2006.01); B62J 43/16 (2020.01)
CPC B62K 11/02 (2013.01) [B62J 1/00 (2013.01); B62J 9/10 (2020.02); B62J 45/20 (2020.02); B62J 45/41 (2020.02); B62J 50/21 (2020.02); B62K 17/00 (2013.01); B62J 43/16 (2020.02)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A personal mobility comprising:
a front body comprising a front wheel;
a rear body slidably coupled to the front body in a front-rear direction to enable wheelbase adjustment, the rear body comprising a rear wheel;
a sliding connection unit configured to connect the front body to the rear body;
a drive unit configured to move the rear body in the front-rear direction to adjust a wheelbase; and
a locking device configured to lock or unlock the sliding connection unit;
wherein the sliding connection unit comprises:
an upper extension part extending forward from an upper side of the rear body and slidably coupled to an upper support rail of the front body; and
a lower extension part extending forward from a lower side of the rear body and slidably coupled to a lower support rail of the front body; and
wherein the drive unit comprises:
a rack gear mounted on the upper extension part to extend in a longitudinal direction of the upper extension part;
a pinion gear engaged with the rack gear; and
a driving motor fixed to the front body to rotate the pinion gear in a forward direction and a reverse direction.