US 12,403,744 B2
Tiltable chassis for a three-wheeled vehicle
Joseph Wilcox, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Kyle Jonathan Doerksen, Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Assigned to Future Motion, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed by Future Motion, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/719,239.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/173,950, filed on Apr. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324285 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 7/16 (2006.01); B60G 21/00 (2006.01); B62D 7/18 (2006.01); B62D 61/06 (2006.01); B62K 5/027 (2013.01); B62K 5/05 (2013.01); B62K 5/06 (2006.01); B62K 5/08 (2006.01); B62K 5/10 (2013.01)
CPC B60G 21/007 (2013.01) [B62D 7/166 (2013.01); B62D 7/18 (2013.01); B62D 61/065 (2013.01); B62K 5/027 (2013.01); B62K 5/05 (2013.01); B62K 5/06 (2013.01); B62K 5/08 (2013.01); B62K 5/10 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A three-wheeled vehicle, comprising:
a horizontal frame including a front crossbar, a middle crossbar, and a rear crossbar, each of the crossbars spanning between a left rail and a right rail, such that each of the crossbars is oriented transverse to a direction of vehicle travel;
a pair of front wheels coupled to opposite ends of the front crossbar;
a tiltable frame having a central shaft disposed below the horizontal frame and having a long axis oriented in the direction of vehicle travel, a front tower extending upward through the horizontal frame forward of the middle crossbar, and a rear tower extending upward behind the rear crossbar; and
a single rear wheel coupled to the rear tower;
wherein the tiltable frame is pivotably coupled to the horizontal frame, such that the tiltable frame pivots about an axis of rotation disposed above the long axis of the central shaft.