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Granted Patent B2
US 11,970,238 · App. 17/250,322 · Granted Apr 30, 2024

Vehicle

Inventors: Eiji Shintani (Tokyo, JP); Shigeki Ohno (Tokyo, JP); Yasuyuki Kato (Tokyo, JP); Thomas Waldner (Surrey, GB); Simon Henning (Surrey, GB)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
B62K5/06B62J3/00B62J45/422B62K5/05B62K5/10
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Patent No.
US 11,970,238
App. No.
17/250,322
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a vehicle including a handle part that includes a handle, what is connected to be steerable by the handle, a rear wheel connected to a pedal, and a frame part that connects what is described above and the rear wheel, in which the frame part is expandable and contractible between a first position in which a movement of what is described above is permitted, and a second position in which a movement of what is described above is restricted.

Claims (25)

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a handle part that includes a handle and a handle shaft, wherein

the handle has a straight shape that extends in a direction substantially orthogonal to an extension direction of the handle shaft, and

the handle includes a speaker and a tactile presentation part in order respectively from a center of rotation of the handle toward either end of the handle;

an imaging device near the center of rotation of the handle;

a front wheel connected to be steerable by the handle;

a rear wheel connected to a pedal; and

a frame part that connects the front wheel and the rear wheel, wherein the frame part is expandable and contractible between a first position in which a movement of the front wheel is permitted, and a second position in which a movement of the front wheel is restricted.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the movement of the front wheel includes a movement of the front wheel associated with an operation of the handle.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the front wheel includes a first front wheel and a second front wheel, and

the movement of the front wheel includes a tilting of a link mechanism connected to the first front wheel and the second front wheel.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the frame part includes a first frame part and a second frame part, and the frame part expands and contracts due to the first frame part and the second frame part moving relative to each other.

5. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the frame part expands and contracts due to the first frame part sliding with respect to the second frame part.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the frame part contracts based on the first frame part that slides toward the second frame part, and the frame part expands based on the first frame part that slides away from the second frame part.

7. The vehicle according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a linked member configured to move together with an operation of the handle, wherein

in the second position, a movement of the linked member is restricted by an engaging member included in the first frame part.

8. The vehicle according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a link mechanism including two connecting members connected as a bridge between two of the front wheels, wherein

in the second position, a movement of the link mechanism is restricted due to a restricting member included in the first frame part being inserted between the two connecting members.

9. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the rear wheel is connected to the first frame part, and the front wheel is connected to the second frame part.

10. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a carrier, wherein a center of gravity of the carrier is between a center of a rotational axis of the front wheel and the handle.

11. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the handle is connected on one end of the handle shaft, and a rectangular frame is on another end of the handle shaft.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2021
From: SHINTANI, EIJI; OHNO, SHIGEKI; KATO, YASUYUKI; WALDNER, THOMAS; HENNING, SIMON
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054805/0476 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-132568 · Jul 12, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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