US 12,139,156 B2
Multipurpose electric vehicle control system
Kevin Kyung-Ho Lee, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to Alpha Motor Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Alpha Motor Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/120,615.
Prior Publication US 2024/0239360 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 50/08 (2020.01); A61L 2/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/22 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B62D 63/02 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/085 (2013.01) [A61L 2/00 (2013.01); B60W 10/22 (2013.01); B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); B62D 63/025 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0841 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0064 (2013.01); B60W 2510/222 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multipurpose electric vehicle control system, comprises:
an electric vehicle comprising a plurality of vehicle subsystems, the vehicle subsystems being operable in a plurality of operational modes, the vehicle subsystems including:
a chassis module having a suspension subsystem, a wheel subsystem operatively connected to the suspension device, an electric motor subsystem operatively connected to the wheel subsystem for rotatably driving the wheel subsystem, a rechargeable battery subsystem operatively connected to the electric motor subsystem for charging the electric motor subsystem, and a transmission subsystem operatively joined with the electric motor subsystem and the wheel subsystem for transmitting power from the electric motor subsystem to the wheel subsystem;
a body module being detachably attachable to the chassis module, the body module comprising an interchangeable panel subsystem; and
one or more rear operational modules being interchangeably and detachably attached to the body module, whereby any combination of the rear operational modules attaches to the body module; and
a control unit operable to reconfigure a structural configuration of the vehicle subsystems, whereby changing the structural configuration of the vehicle subsystems causes the operational modes to be reconfigured,
wherein the structural configuration of the interchangeable panel system is reconfigured when multiple panels are slidably urged to display from the body module.