Cargo two-wheeler
AssigneeMAGNA Automotive Europe GmbH
InventorGerd Schlager
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Abstract
A cargo bicycle for transporting a load via a rider. The cargo bicycle includes a front wheel, a rear wheel, a load bed arranged between the front wheel and the rear wheel, a rider seat; and a crank to facilitate the driving of the cargo bicycle by the rider, the crank having, in a longitudinal direction of the cargo bicycle, a crank axis arranged in substantially a same longitudinal position as a rear wheel axis of the rear wheel and away from the load bed.
Claims17
A cargo bicycle for transporting a load via a rider, the cargo bicycle comprising:
- a front wheel;
- a rear wheel;
- an omnidirectional load wheel moveable between a non-use position and a use position:
- a load bed arranged between the front wheel and the rear wheel;
- a rider seat;
- a crank to facilitate the driving of the cargo bicycle by the rider, the crank having, in a longitudinal direction of the cargo bicycle, a crank axis arranged in substantially a same longitudinal position as a rear wheel axis of the rear wheel and away from the load bed;
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- a control unit operable to facilitate loading and unloading of the load bed via an automated braking operation and/or by balancing out the cargo bicycle via automated movement of the omnidirectional load wheel in the use position.
A cargo bicycle for transporting a load via a rider, the cargo bicycle comprising:
- a front wheel;
- a rear wheel;
- one or more omnidirectional load wheels arranged on at least one side of the front wheel for movement between a non-use position and a use position;
- a load bed arranged between the front wheel and the rear wheel;
- a rider seat;
- a crank to facilitate the rider driving the cargo bicycle, the crank having, in a longitudinal direction of the cargo bicycle, a crank axis arranged in a longitudinal position behind a rear wheel axis of the rear wheel and away from the load bed;
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- a control unit operable to facilitate loading and unloading of the load bed via an automated braking operation and/or by balancing out the cargo bicycle via automated movement of the one or more omnidirectional load wheels in the use position.
A cargo bicycle for transporting a load via a rider, the cargo bicycle comprising:
- a front wheel;
- a rear wheel;
- an omnidirectional load wheel moveable between a non-use position and a use position;
- a load bed arranged between the front wheel and the rear wheel;
- a rider seat;
- a crank to facilitate the rider driving the cargo bicycle, the crank having, in a longitudinal direction of the cargo bicycle, a crank axis arranged in a longitudinal position behind a rear wheel axis of the rear wheel and away from the load bed;
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- a control unit operable to facilitate loading and unloading of the load bed via an automated braking operation and/or by balancing out the cargo bicycle via automated movement of the omnidirectional load wheel in the use position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.