IP Library Granted Patent US 12,227,119
Granted Patent B2
US 12,227,119 · App. 17/694,250 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Storage vehicle for small mobility

Inventors: Dong Eun Cha (Gyeonggi-Do, KR); Sang Heon Lee (Seoul, KR); Jin Ho Hwang (Chungcheongnam-Do, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation
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Patent No.
US 12,227,119
App. No.
17/694,250
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A storage vehicle for a mobility includes a seat provided inside the storage vehicle and spaced from a floor of the storage vehicle upward to form a separation space below the seat; a storage slot formed in the separation space below the seat, opened to an external side of the storage vehicle through a portion of a sidewall of the storage vehicle, and configured to store the mobility therein; a door provided in the opening portion of the storage slot; and an opening/closing portion provided on a side of the door and configured to operate the door upward or downward to open or close an opening portion of the storage slot.

Claims (51)

1. A storage vehicle for a mobility, the storage vehicle comprising:

a seat provided inside the storage vehicle and spaced from a floor of the storage vehicle upward to form a separation space below the seat;

a storage slot formed in the separation space below the seat, opened to an external side of the storage vehicle through a portion of a sidewall of the storage vehicle, and configured to store the mobility therein;

a door provided in the storage slot; and

an opening/closing portion provided on a side of the door and configured to operate the door upward or downward to open or close the storage slot,

wherein the door is provided on the sidewall of the storage vehicle to form a portion of the sidewall and has a shape extending from an upper end portion of the seat to the floor of the vehicle.

2. The storage vehicle of claim 1 , wherein an end of the door is pivotally connected to the seat to selectively close the storage slot.

3. The storage vehicle of claim 1 ,

wherein the seat is disposed to direct a seatback to face the external side of the storage vehicle,

wherein the seatback is located at a position spaced from the sidewall of the storage vehicle to form an interspace between the seatback and the sidewall of the storage vehicle, and

wherein a separation space, which is formed so that a seat cushion is spaced from the floor of the storage vehicle upward, is connected to the interspace.

4. The storage vehicle of claim 3 ,

wherein the storage slot is provided in each of the separation space and the interspace,

wherein when the mobility is stored, a scaffold of the mobility is located in the separation space, and

wherein a handle of the mobility is located in the interspace.

5. The storage vehicle of claim 1 ,

wherein the door includes an upper end portion and a lower end portion;

wherein the opening/closing portion slides the upper end portion of the door upward or downward, and

wherein when the upper end portion of the door slides upward, the lower end portion of the door is rotated to the external side of the storage vehicle to connect the floor of the storage vehicle to the ground, assisting storage of the mobility into the storage slot or withdrawal of the mobility out of the storage slot.

6. The storage vehicle of claim 1 ,

wherein the door is provided to be rotatable based on one side thereof, and

wherein the opening/closing portion rotates the door in a lateral direction to open or close the storage slot.

7. The storage vehicle of claim 1 ,

wherein a fixing portion is provided at a lower end portion of the storage slot, and

wherein when the mobility is stored in the storage slot, the fixing portion fixes the mobility, and when the opening portion is opened, the fixing portion releases the fixing.

8. The storage vehicle of claim 7 , wherein, when the mobility is stored in the storage slot, the fixing portion locks wheels or a scaffold of the mobility to fix the mobility in the storage slot.

9. The storage vehicle of claim 1 ,

wherein a charging portion is provided in the storage slot, and

wherein when the mobility is stored in the storage slot, the charging portion charges a battery of the mobility.

10. A storage vehicle for a mobility, the storage vehicle comprising:

a seat provided inside the storage vehicle and spaced from a floor of the storage vehicle upward to form a separation space below the seat;

a storage slot formed in the separation space below the seat, opened to an external side of the storage vehicle through a portion of a sidewall of the storage vehicle, and configured to store the mobility therein;

a door provided in the storage slot; and

an opening/closing portion provided on a side of the door and configured to operate the door upward or downward to open or close the storage slot,

wherein the opening/closing portion includes an actuator provided at an upper end portion of the door, and

wherein as the actuator is rotated in a first direction or a second direction, the door slides upward or downward to open or close the storage slot.

11. The storage vehicle of claim 10 ,

wherein the actuator is coupled to the door through a support extending from the actuator and connected on a center portion of the door, and

wherein the support pushes the door to the external side of the storage vehicle to slide the door upward according to a rotation of the actuator or pulls the door to an internal side of the storage vehicle to slide the door downward.

12. A storage vehicle for a mobility, the storage vehicle comprising:

a seat provided inside the storage vehicle and spaced from a floor of the storage vehicle upward to form a separation space below the seat;

a storage slot formed in the separation space below the seat, opened to an external side of the storage vehicle through a portion of a sidewall of the storage vehicle, and configured to store the mobility therein;

a door provided in the storage slot; and

an opening/closing portion provided on a side of the door and configured to operate the door upward or downward to open or close the storage slot,

wherein an auxiliary storage portion is provided at a lower end portion of the storage slot, and

wherein when the door is opened, the auxiliary storage portion connects the floor of the storage vehicle to the ground to assist storage of the mobility into the storage slot or withdrawal of the mobility out of the storage slot.

13. The storage vehicle of claim 12 , wherein the auxiliary storage portion has a shape of plate protruding from the lower end portion of the storage slot toward an upper end portion of the storage slot, a first end portion of the auxiliary storage portion is rotatably coupled to the floor, and a second end portion thereof is supported on the ground when rotated.

14. The storage vehicle of claim 13 , wherein an elastic member is provided on an end portion of the auxiliary storage portion, and when the door is opened, the auxiliary storage portion is rotated to the external side of the storage vehicle due to an elastic force of the elastic member so that the second end portion of the auxiliary storage portion is supported on the ground.

15. The storage vehicle of claim 13 ,

wherein the auxiliary storage portion includes an actuator provided at the lower end portion of the storage slot, and

wherein as the actuator is rotated in a first direction or a second direction, the auxiliary storage portion rotates to open or close the storage slot.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2022
From: CHA, DONG EUN; LEE, SANG HEON; HWANG, JIN HO
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059259/0017 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0092660 · Jul 15, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230022812A1 · Jan 26, 2023
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