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US7654356B2
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Folding electric scooter
Assignee: Pihsiang Machinery Mfg Co Ltd
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Filing: 2007-07-17
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Granted: 2010-02-02
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Expires: 2027-07-17
Abstract
Abstract A folding electric scooter comprises a chassis. The front end of the chassis is disposed with a front wheel and a handlebar used to control the direction of the front wheel. The handlebar is a folding structure. The rear end of the chassis is pivotally coupled with a rear rack. The rear rack is disposed with a rear wheel, a motor and a battery. The motor and the battery are used to offer the power to the rear wheel. In addition, the rear rack is disposed with a folding four-bar linkage, which forms the seat. By such arrangements, when the folding electric scooter is not in use, the four-bar linkage can be folded to fold the seat, and the handlebar can be synchronously folded, thus minimizing the whole volume to facilitate the transportation and the storage.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald P. H. Wu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
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2026-11-07 09:49
CPC Classifications
B; B62; B62K; B62K15/00; B62K15/006; B62K15/008; B62K5/00; B62K5/02; B62K5/023; B62K5/025; B60; B60K; B60K1/00; B60K1/04; B60K2001/0405; B60K2001/0416; B60Y; B60Y2200/00; B60Y2200/10; B60Y2200/12; B60Y2200/126; B60Y2200/80; B60Y2200/84
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
282 words
A folding electric scooter comprising a chassis, a front end of the chassis being connected with a vertical tube, the vertical tube being pivotally assembled with a handlebar stem, a lower end of the handlebar stem being assembled with a front wheel, an upper end of the handlebar stem being disposed with a handlebar, and a folding pivotal coupling device being disposed in the middle of the handlebar stem, a rear end of the chassis being disposed with a rear rack, the rear rack being disposed with a rear wheel, a motor and a battery, the motor and the battery being used to offer power to the rear wheel; the folding electric scooter is characterized in that: the rear rack is disposed with a folding four-bar linkage, which forms a seat, the four-bar linkage is a bilaterally symmetrical structure and includes a vertical bar disposed on the rear rack, an upper cross bar, a lower cross bar and a support bar, the vertical bar is disposed with an upper pivot and a lower pivot, one end of the upper cross bar is pivotally coupled with the upper pivot of the vertical bar, and the other end of the upper cross bar is pivotally coupled with the support bar, one end of the lower cross bar is pivotally coupled with the lower pivot of the vertical bar, and a middle part of the lower cross bar is pivotally coupled with the support bar, the lower cross bar is disposed with a seat cushion, an engaging element is disposed above the chassis, a lower end of the support bar is disposed with an engaging rod to engage with the engaging element of the chassis.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
282 words
A folding electric scooter comprising a chassis, a front end of the chassis being connected with a vertical tube, the vertical tube being pivotally assembled with a handlebar stem, a lower end of the handlebar stem being assembled with a front wheel, an upper end of the handlebar stem being disposed with a handlebar, and a folding pivotal coupling device being disposed in the middle of the handlebar stem, a rear end of the chassis being disposed with a rear rack, the rear rack being disposed with a rear wheel, a motor and a battery, the motor and the battery being used to offer power to the rear wheel; the folding electric scooter is characterized in that: the rear rack is disposed with a folding four-bar linkage, which forms a seat, the four-bar linkage is a bilaterally symmetrical structure and includes a vertical bar disposed on the rear rack, an upper cross bar, a lower cross bar and a support bar, the vertical bar is disposed with an upper pivot and a lower pivot, one end of the upper cross bar is pivotally coupled with the upper pivot of the vertical bar, and the other end of the upper cross bar is pivotally coupled with the support bar, one end of the lower cross bar is pivotally coupled with the lower pivot of the vertical bar, and a middle part of the lower cross bar is pivotally coupled with the support bar, the lower cross bar is disposed with a seat cushion, an engaging element is disposed above the chassis, a lower end of the support bar is disposed with an engaging rod to engage with the engaging element of the chassis.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
The folding electric scooter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an upper end of the support bar is disposed with a rear grip, and a back cushion is pivotally coupled with the vertical bar, a rear side of the back cushion is positioned against the rear grip.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
The folding electric scooter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rear end of the chassis is disposed with a pivot shaft, and the rear rack is pivotally coupled to the rear end of the chassis by the pivot shaft.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The folding electric scooter as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a supporting block is disposed under the chassis.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The folding electric scooter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the front end of the chassis is connected with the vertical tube by a connecting element.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The folding electric scooter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a pedal is disposed at a front part of the chassis.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
The folding electric scooter as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the rear rack is disposed with two extension rods extended to a rear of the rear wheel, and each of the two extension rods is disposed with an anti-tip wheel at one end thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The folding electric scooter as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a guard rod is disposed behind the rear rack.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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