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US 11,440,610 B2Granted
Personal mobility
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsIlsun Song, Donghee Seok, Duck Young Kim, Hee Jin Ro, Yocheol Jang
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Abstract
A personal mobility includes a steering shaft, a handlebar extending from an upper end of the steering shaft to opposite sides, two grip parts installed on opposite ends of the handlebar, respectively, to be displaceable with respect to the handlebar in a direction of intersecting a longitudinal direction of the handlebar, and a buffer device provided between each of the grip parts and the handlebar to reduce vibration or shock transmitted from the handlebar to the grip part.
Claims6
A personal mobility comprising:
- a steering shaft;
- a handlebar extending from an upper end of the steering shaft to opposite ends of the handlebar;
- each end of the handlebar includes:
- a grip part positioned on the end of the handlebar and being displaceable with respect to the handlebar in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the handlebar;
- a support plate attached to the end of the handlebar by a screw engaging a threaded bore in the end of the handlebar;
- at least one buffer device provided between the grip part and the handlebar to reduce vibration or shock transmitted from the handlebar to the grip part;
- the at least one buffer device further comprises one or more gas dampers interposed between an outer surface of the handlebar and an inner surface of the grip part in the displacement direction;
- wherein the one or more gas dampers include:
- a cylinder;
- and
- a piston coupled to the cylinder, the piston configured to be moveable forward and backward, and being fixed to the inner surface of the grip part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.