US 12,447,219 B2
Personal mobility device and control method thereof
Seunghyun Woo, Seoul (KR); Jae Yul Woo, Seoul (KR); Rowoon An, 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 Jan. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/568,108.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0020917 (KR), filed on Feb. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257812 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/22 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); B62K 21/12 (2006.01); B62K 21/26 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 2/22 (2013.01); A61L 2/24 (2013.01); B62K 21/12 (2013.01); B62K 21/26 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/15 (2013.01); A61L 2202/17 (2013.01); A61L 2202/182 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A personal mobility device, comprising:
a plurality of handle grips coupled to both ends of a handle;
an ultraviolet (UV) generator positioned inside a frame of the handle; and
a controller configured to turn on the UV generator, based on the plurality of handle grips being positioned inside the frame;
a fan positioned inside the frame of the handle;
a disinfectant spray configured to spray a disinfectant to the inside of the frame; and
a cleaning member positioned at at least a portion of an upper end of each of the plurality of handle grips;
wherein the controller is configured to control the disinfectant spray to spray the disinfectant to the inside of the frame, based on the handle grips moving from the inside of the frame to an outside of the frame, or based on the handle grips moving from the outside of the frame to the inside of the frame, and wherein the controller is further configured to turn on the fan after the spraying of the disinfectant;
wherein the controller is configured to control the cleaning member to repeatedly move in a first direction corresponding to the direction of the outside and in a second direction corresponding to the direction of the inside and opposite to the first direction, based on the movement of the plurality of handle grips;
wherein each of the plurality of handle grips is constructed by coupling a plurality of cover members, and each of the plurality of cover members comprises a spring and moves from top to bottom according to an upward movement of the cleaning member;
wherein the plurality of cover members include a plurality of first cover member and a plurality of second cover members; and
wherein the cleaning member is located on the upper side of one of the plurality of first cover members or the plurality of second cover members.