US 11,737,936 B2
Mobility carrier provided with vehicle seat and vehicle provided with mobility carrier
Jin Ho Hwang, Seoul (KR); Dong Eun Cha, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Sang Heon Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/676,836.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0047112 (KR), filed on Apr. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0337918 A1, Oct. 29, 2020
Int. Cl. A61G 3/08 (2006.01); B60N 2/32 (2006.01); A61G 3/06 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01)
CPC A61G 3/0808 (2013.01) [A61G 3/061 (2013.01); B60N 2/32 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); A61G 2203/10 (2013.01); A61G 2220/145 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobility carrier comprising:
a carrier body;
carrier wheels provided on the carrier body to move the carrier body into or outside of a vehicle;
a seat provided on the carrier body for a user to be accommodated thereon;
an operating portion configured of allowing the user accommodated on the seat to control the mobility carrier or the vehicle; and
a carrier controller configured of communicating with a vehicle controller of the vehicle from outside of the vehicle, when verified through communications with the vehicle controller, of controlling the carrier wheels so that the carrier body enters a cabin of the vehicle, and of communicating with the vehicle controller to control a driving unit of the vehicle via the operating portion,
wherein when the mobility carrier is fitted within the vehicle, functions of sliding, tilting, and rotation of the seat are performed by controlling a moving portion, and
wherein the carrier controller is configured to control authority of control of the driving unit of the vehicle to be owned by the vehicle controller when the vehicle is in an autonomous driving mode and to be owned by the operating portion and the carrier controller of the mobility carrier when the vehicle is in a manual driving mode.