US 11,833,871 B2
Mobility vehicle hub
Jin Ho Hwang, Cheonan-si (KR); Dong Eun Cha, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Sang Heon Lee, 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 Mar. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/698,183.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0086657 (KR), filed on Jul. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0001756 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60F 5/02 (2006.01); B62D 63/02 (2006.01); B60F 5/00 (2006.01); E04H 6/44 (2006.01); B64C 37/00 (2006.01); E04H 6/22 (2006.01)
CPC B60F 5/02 (2013.01) [B60F 5/003 (2013.01); B62D 63/025 (2013.01); B64C 37/00 (2013.01); E04H 6/22 (2013.01); E04H 6/44 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobility vehicle hub configured to function as a terminal for an air mobility vehicle, a ground mobility vehicle, or a water mobility vehicle, the mobility vehicle hub having a plurality of layers comprising:
a water layer configured to be connected to a surface of water and having an entrance for the water mobility vehicle;
a port layer having a take-off and landing pad for the air mobility vehicle; or
a ground layer configured to be connected to a ground and having an entrance for the ground mobility vehicle,
wherein an elevation passage is provided between each of the water, port and ground layers, the elevation passage has an internal space extending in an up-down direction of the mobility vehicle hub, the internal space is connected to each of the water, port and ground layers, and
wherein the air mobility vehicle, the ground mobility vehicle, or the water mobility vehicle is lifted or lowered through the internal space.