Latching fender for electric vehicle
AssigneeFuture Motion, Inc.
InventorsJulian De La Rua, Daniel Blachinsky, Kyle Jonathan Doerksen, Phil Rullman
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Abstract
Fender assemblies are disclosed, each assembly including a frame and a fender. The frame has a first leg including a first coupling portion and a second leg including a first latch portion, and the frame is configured to be coupled to the vehicle with the first leg and the second leg on opposite sides of a wheel. The fender has a first end and a second end, the first end having a second coupling portion configured to releasably mate with the first coupling portion of the frame to form a manually releasable joint, the second end comprising a second latch portion configured to mate with the first latch portion of the frame to releasably secure the second end to the frame.
Claims18
A method of operating a fender assembly on a vehicle, the method comprising:
- manually engaging a first end of a fender with a first leg of a base frame of a fender assembly by forming a releasable pivot joint using respective portions of the fender and the base frame;
- and
- manually latching a second end of the fender to a second leg of the base frame using a latch formed by respective portions of the fender and the base frame;
- wherein the base frame is coupled to a vehicle with the first leg and the second leg of the base frame on opposing sides of a wheel.
A method of operating a fender assembly on a vehicle, the method comprising:
- coupling a base frame to a vehicle, wherein the base frame comprises a first leg and a second leg, such that the first leg and the second leg are on opposite sides of a wheel of the vehicle;
- releasably mating a first end of a fender with the first leg of the base frame to form a pivoting joint;
- and
- releasably securing a second end of the fender to the second leg of the base frame to form a latch.
A method of operating a fender assembly on a vehicle comprising a base frame having a first leg and a second leg on opposite sides of a wheel, the method comprising:
- releasably mating a first end of a fender with the first leg of the base frame to form a releasable joint;
- and
- releasably latching a second end of the fender to the second leg of the base frame to form a releasable latch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.