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US 11,661,117 B2Granted
Foldable vehicle
AssigneeCity Transformer Ltd.
InventorsAsaf Formoza, Udi Meridor, Oran Levintant, Ani Dwilanski
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Abstract
A foldable vehicle may include a chassis comprising a static support, a dynamic chassis frame that includes at least two substantially opposite frame parts and a folding mechanism for decreasing or increasing a distance between the at least two substantially opposite frame parts across a lateral axis of the vehicle between a folded state and an unfolded state; and a controller to control the folding mechanism.
Claims15
A foldable vehicle comprising:
- a chassis comprising
- a static support,
- a dynamic chassis frame linked to the static support that includes at least two substantially opposite frame parts and
- a folding mechanism for decreasing or increasing a distance between the at least two substantially opposite frame parts across a lateral axis of the vehicle between a folded state and an unfolded state;
- and
- a controller to control the folding mechanism,
- wherein the folding mechanism comprises a at least one carousel connected to at least one of the frame parts, and wherein the folding mechanism comprises one or a plurality of pistons connected to the static support, the pistons are configured to drive the at least one carousel.
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A foldable vehicle comprising:
- a chassis comprising
- a static support,
- a dynamic chassis frame linked to the static support that includes at least two substantially opposite frame parts and
- a folding mechanism for decreasing or increasing a distance between the at least two substantially opposite frame parts across a lateral axis of the vehicle between a folded state and an unfolded state;
- a controller to control the folding mechanism;
- and
- a split steering mechanism comprising a gearbox connectable to a steering wheel by a steering column;
- and two shafts, a first shaft of the two shafts for linking the gearbox to a first front wheel of a vehicle, and a second shaft of the two shafts for linking the gearbox to a second front wheel of the vehicle;
- wherein the gearbox is configured to transmit and split rotation of the steering column to rotation of the shafts, so that the rotation of each of the shafts correlates to the rotation of the steering column.
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A split steering mechanism comprising:
- a gearbox connectable to a steering wheel by a steering column;
- and
- two shafts, a first shaft of the two shafts for linking the gearbox to a first front wheel of a vehicle, and a second shaft of the two shafts for linking the gearbox to a second front wheel of the vehicle;
- wherein the gearbox is configured to transmit and split rotation of the steering column to rotation of the shafts, so that the rotation of each of the shafts correlates to the rotation of the steering column, and wherein each of the shafts has a varying length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.