# US 10,479,258 B2 · Motor vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,479,258 B2 - Document ID: US10479258B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/809,808 - Filed: 2017-11-10 - Published: 2018-05-10 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-11-10 - Assignees: Ford Motor Company - Applicants: Ford Motor Company - Inventors: Rainer Souschek; Guenter Hans Grosch; Thomas Gerhards; Tobias Ricke; Alexandra Gatzweiler; Philipp Wolf - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479258B2 ## CPC - B60L 53/14: Conductive energy transfer - B60L 58/12: responding to state of charge [SoC] - B60P 3/073: Vehicle retainers {(specially adapted for fixing semi-trailers on railway vehicles B61D45/004)} - B60R 5/006: {stowing or holding means for elongated articles, e.g. skis inside vehicles} - B60R 9/00: Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying loads, e.g. luggage, sports gear or the like - B62K 3/002: {without a seat, i.e. the rider operating the vehicle in a standing position, e.g. non-motorized scooters; non-motorized scooters with skis or runners} - B62K 15/006: {the frame being foldable} - B60L 8/003: {Converting light into electric energy, e.g. by using photo-voltaic systems} - B60L 2200/20: Vehicles specially adapted for children, e.g. toy vehicles - B60P 3/06: for carrying vehicles (B60P3/12 takes precedence; caravans, camping, or like vehicles with vehicle-carrying means {B60P3/36}) - B60R 19/48: combined with, or convertible into, other devices or objects, e.g. bumpers combined with road brushes, bumpers convertible into beds - B62K 2202/00: Motorised scooters - B62K 2204/00: Adaptations for driving cycles by electric motor - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations - Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B62K: CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDECARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A motor vehicle having an auxiliary stowage compartment for transporting a compact scooter. The motor vehicle having an engine compartment, a passenger compartment, a luggage compartment in addition to the auxiliary stowage compartment. The auxiliary stowage compartment is accessible from the outside of the motor vehicle, and is opened and closed by a cover that is part of the outer skin of the vehicle wherein the additional stowage compartment is configured to receive a compact scooter. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising: a motor vehicle; an individual mobility apparatus; and an auxiliary stowage compartment accessible from the outside of the motor vehicle that is adapted to receive the individual mobility apparatus, wherein the auxiliary stowage compartment includes a charging station for charging a battery of a compact scooter during travel, and wherein the charging station is configured to transmit a state of charge of the battery of the compact scooter to an instrument of the motor vehicle, and wherein the instrument indicates the state of charge of the compact scooter. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the individual mobility apparatus is a compact scooter, and wherein dimensions of the auxiliary stowage compartment correspond to the dimensions of the compact scooter. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the auxiliary stowage compartment has a cover that is openable and closable, wherein the cover completely or partially closes the auxiliary stowage compartment. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the cover is a part of an outer skin of the motor vehicle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary stowage compartment is arranged in a location selected from the group consisting of: a bumper; a side member; and a sill. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the auxiliary stowage compartment includes a slide-in module that is adapted to contain the individual mobility apparatus. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the individual mobility apparatus is a compact scooter. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the compact scooter has a battery and is configured to be driven electrically. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the compact scooter is configured to be charged by the motor vehicle during operation of the motor vehicle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the compact scooter is foldable. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the compact scooter has at least one wheel. ### Claim 12 A motor vehicle and a scooter in combination, comprising: a vehicle body; a scooter stowage compartment provided in the vehicle body to be accessible from the outside of the motor vehicle; and a slide-in module configured to receive the scooter, wherein the module slides into and out of the scooter stowage compartment. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The combination as claimed in claim 12 further comprising: a cover for an opening in the scooter stowage compartment, the cover being opened to provide access to the scooter stowage compartment and closed to seal the opening in the scooter stowage compartment and form part of an outer skin of the motor vehicle. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The combination as claimed in claim 12 further comprising: a charging station operative to charge a battery of the scooter when the scooter is disposed in the scooter stowage compartment during travel, and wherein the charging station is configured to transmit a state of charge of the battery of the compact scooter to an instrument of the motor vehicle. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The combination as claimed in claim 12 wherein the scooter is folded to a storage configuration to fit inside the module.