IP Library Granted Patent US 11,807,288
Granted Patent B2
US 11,807,288 · App. 17/022,552 · Granted Nov 7, 2023

Riding vehicle

Inventors: Hideyuki Umehara (Kariya, JP); Toshihiko Ishida (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
B62B7/12B62B3/02B62K13/08B62B2206/003B62J1/167
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Patent No.
US 11,807,288
App. No.
17/022,552
Granted
Nov 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A riding vehicle includes: a main body portion supporting a wheel; a seat stay erected on the main body portion and configured to be switched between a riding state in which a person rides and a cart state in which a person does not ride; a seat fixed to an upper side of the seat stay; a frame provided on the seat stay and configured to hold luggage in the riding state and the cart state; a steering stay erected on the main body portion at an interval with respect to the seat stay in a traveling direction; and a handle provided on the steering stay, in which the frame, in the cart state, exists in a region closer to the handle as compared with that in the riding state.

Claims (51)

1. A riding vehicle comprising:

a main body portion supporting a wheel;

a seat stay erected on the main body portion and configured to select and be switched between a riding state in which a person rides and a cart state in which a person does not ride;

a seat fixed to an upper side of the seat stay;

a frame provided on the seat stay movable with respect to the main body portion and configured to hold luggage in both the riding state and the cart state;

a steering stay erected on the main body portion at an interval with respect to the seat stay in a traveling direction; and

a handle provided on the steering stay, wherein

the frame, in the cart state, exists in a region closer to the handle as compared with that in the riding state.

2. The riding vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the seat stay is switched between the riding state and the cart state by a link mechanism, and

while the riding state and the cart state are switched, the seat stay passes through a highest reaching point thereof in a vertical direction.

3. The riding vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

a fixing portion provided on the seat stay and connected to the main body portion extends toward the handle.

4. The riding vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the handle exists on a vertical plane that is perpendicular to the traveling direction and passes through a center of the wheel or on a substantially vertical plane.

5. The riding vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a sensor configured to detect that the luggage is lifted;

a motor configured to raise and lower the frame; and

a control unit configured to control the motor, wherein

when the luggage is moved to outside of the riding vehicle, the frame is automatically lowered.

6. The riding vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the frame has an opening portion that allows the luggage to move in a horizontal direction.

7. The riding vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

a movable portion provided on the seat stay and configured to slide linearly along a fixing portion provided on the seat stay and connected to the main body portion.

8. The riding vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein

the riding vehicle is provided with a mechanism that holds the movable portion provided on the seat stay and configured to switch between the riding state and the cart state during switching between the riding state and the cart state.

9. The riding vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the riding vehicle has a luggage support that supports a bottom portion of the luggage.

10. The riding vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein

a state in which the luggage support is accommodated and a state in which the luggage support supports the luggage are switched in association with a switch provided on the frame.

11. A riding vehicle comprising:

a main body portion supporting a wheel;

a seat stay erected on the main body portion and configured to be switched between a riding state in which a person rides and a cart state in which a person does not ride;

a seat fixed to an upper side of the seat stay;

a frame provided on the seat stay and configured to hold luggage in the riding state and the cart state;

a steering stay erected on the main body portion at an interval with respect to the seat stay in a traveling direction;

a handle provided on the steering stay,

a sensor configured to detect that the luggage is lifted;

a motor configured to raise and lower the frame; and

a control unit configured to control the motor, wherein

the frame, in the cart state, exists in a region closer to the handle as compared with that in the riding state, and

when the luggage is moved to outside of the riding vehicle, the frame is automatically lowered.

12. A riding vehicle comprising:

a main body portion supporting a wheel;

a seat stay erected on the main body portion and configured to be switched between a riding state in which a person rides and a cart state in which a person does not ride;

a seat fixed to an upper side of the seat stay;

a frame provided on the seat stay and configured to hold luggage in the riding state and the cart state;

a steering stay erected on the main body portion at an interval with respect to the seat stay in a traveling direction;

a handle provided on the steering stay; and

a movable portion provided on the seat stay and configured to slide linearly along a fixing portion provided on the seat stay and connected to the main body portion, wherein

the frame, in the cart state, exists in a region closer to the handle as compared with that in the riding state.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2022
From: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: AISIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058746/0869 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2020
From: UMEHARA, HIDEYUKI; ISHIDA, TOSHIHIKO
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 053790/0376 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-177343 · Sep 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210094602A1 · Apr 1, 2021
Cited By (1)
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