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US 12,589,861 B2Granted
Moving object
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorRyo Kawauchi
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Abstract
A moving object includes a moving object main body, a resistance structure which can be switched at least from a retracted state to a deployed state, and a holding structure which holds the resistance structure in the retracted state. The resistance structure includes an engagement recess. The holding structure includes a holding main body portion supported by the moving object main body, and a rotating body configured to be engaged with the engagement recess in the retracted state of the resistance structure. When a force equal to or larger than a predetermined force is applied to the resistance structure, engagement of the rotating body with the engagement recess is released, and the resistance structure is switched from the retracted state to the deployed state.
Claims11
A moving object comprising:
- a moving object main body;
- a resistance structure including a first end portion and a second end portion, which are opposite to each other, the first end portion pivotably attached to the moving object main body, the resistance structure switchable at least from a retracted state to a deployed state by pivoting in a radial direction of the moving object main body;
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- a holding structure configured to be engaged with the second end portion of the resistance structure to thereby hold the resistance structure in the retracted state,
- wherein the second end portion of the resistance structure includes an engagement recess that is recessed toward the first end portion,
- wherein the holding structure includes:
- a holding main body portion supported by the moving object main body;
- and
- a rotating body rotatably supported by the holding main body portion and configured to be engaged with the engagement recess in the retracted state of the resistance structure, and
- wherein, when a force equal to or greater than a predetermined force is applied to the resistance structure in the radial direction by an actuator, engagement of the rotating body with the engagement recess is released to thereby allow the resistance structure to move from the retracted state to the deployed state.
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A moving object comprising:
- a moving object main body;
- a resistance structure including a first end portion and a second end portion, which are opposite to each other, the first end portion pivotably attached to the moving object main body, the resistance structure switchable at least from a retracted state to a deployed state by pivoting in a radial direction of the moving object main body;
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- a holding structure configured to be engaged with the second end portion of the resistance structure to thereby hold the resistance structure in the retracted state,
- wherein the second end portion of the resistance structure includes an engagement recess that is recessed toward the first end portion,
- wherein the holding structure includes:
- a holding main body portion supported by the moving object main body;
- and
- a rotating body rotatably supported by the holding main body portion and configured to be engaged with the engagement recess in the retracted state of the resistance structure, and
- wherein, when a force equal to or greater than a predetermined force is applied to the resistance structure in the radial direction, engagement of the rotating body with the engagement recess is released to thereby allow the resistance structure to move from the retracted state to the deployed state, wherein
- the engagement recess includes an inclined portion that is inclined in a direction in which the rotating body moves relatively and inclined toward an inside of the moving object main body in a direction from a bottom of the engagement recess toward an opening of the engagement recess, in the retracted state of the resistance structure, and
- the rotating body abuts against the inclined portion in the retracted state of the resistance structure.
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A moving object comprising:
- a moving object main body;
- a resistance structure including a first end portion and a second end portion, which are opposite to each other, the first end portion pivotably attached to the moving object main body, the resistance structure switchable at least from a retracted state to a deployed state;
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- a holding structure configured to be engaged with the second end portion of the resistance structure to thereby hold the resistance structure in the retracted state,
- wherein the second end portion of the resistance structure includes an engagement recess that is recessed toward the first end portion,
- wherein the holding structure includes:
- a holding main body portion supported by the moving object main body;
- and
- a rotating body rotatably supported by the holding main body portion and configured to be engaged with the engagement recess in the retracted state of the resistance structure, and
- wherein, when a force equal to or greater than a predetermined force is applied to the resistance structure, engagement of the rotating body with the engagement recess is released to thereby switch the resistance structure from the retracted state to the deployed state, wherein
- the holding main body portion includes:
- a lever pivotably supported by the moving object main body;
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- an elastic member configured to bias the lever in a manner so that the lever presses the rotating body against the engagement recess.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.