Build-up light motor driven car

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6695081
  • Patent Number
    6,695,081
  • Date Filed
    Friday, July 26, 2002
    22 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, February 24, 2004
    21 years ago
Abstract
A build-up light motor driven car includes a car body, which is composed of a car frame and an outer shell enclosing the car frame, and a seat part. The car body is provided with a guide groove at two lateral sides thereof respectively, the guide groove having an engaging part, the outer shell having a shell chamber behind the respective guide groove. The seat part has two seat frames corresponding to the two guide grooves, the seat frames at upper parts thereof being attached with a seat cushion and at lower parts thereof connecting with a horizontal level respectively for locating a battery and the respective horizontal level at an end thereof having an engaging part. The horizontal levels is inserted into the guide grooves such that the engaging parts can be inserted into the joining parts so as to fixed to each other, and the batteries can enter the shell chambers to constitute connection of a circuit such that seat part can be joined to or detached from the car fast.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




The present invention relates to a build-up light motor driven car and, in particular, to a light motor driven car, in which the car body and the seat part can be joined to and detached from each other for being ridden, moved and delivered easily.




2. Description of Related Art




The development of motor driven car gives the handicaps or the old aged persons a lot of convenience in moving. In order to be controlled with facility, the motor driven car can be classified into three-wheel type and four-wheel type. That is, the front wheel of the car body is controlled for the direction of the moving car and the rear wheels being responsible for moving forward. The two rear wheels provide an effect of differential, i.e., the rear wheel at the inner side of the car body having a rotational speed lower than that of the outer side of the car body, so that the dangerous phenomenon of turning over or being unable to turn can be avoided. Hence, in order to carry out the effect of differential between the driving wheel and the driven wheel, the transmission mechanism of the car has to be mounted with a sophisticated speed reducer additionally such that the span between the rear wheels has to be increased and the size and the weight of the car has to be increased in addition to the complication of the car.




Besides, the motor driven car is equipped with a car body, a transmission mechanism, batteries, a seat part and a control device so that the gross weight thereof is considerably heavy. Hence, it is exhausted for a normal adult to move the conventional motor let alone the handicaps or the old aged persons. Further, the conventional motor driven car has all the parts thereof being fixed to the car body such that a height thereof is considerable and it is not possible for the motor driven car to be placed in the trunk of a car while the rider needs to carry the motor driven car with him for far away traveling or shopping. In order to overcome the problem of delivering the motor driven car, a way of the prior art has been done with separating the car into a front control part and a rear seat parts. But, it is very sophisticated for the connection of the two parts though the purpose of weight of the motor driven car being divided an be reached. Moreover, the transmission mechanism and the batteries under the seat part are very heavy and the all over weight thereof is hard for a normal person to carry about.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a build-up light motor driven car including a car body, which is composed of a car frame and an outer shell enclosing the car frame, and a seat part. The car body is provided with a guide groove at two lateral sides thereof respectively, the guide groove having an engaging part, the outer shell having a shell chamber behind the respective guide groove. The seat part has two seat frames corresponding to the two guide grooves, the seat frames at upper parts thereof being attached with a seat cushion and at lower parts thereof connecting with a horizontal level respectively for locating a battery and the respective horizontal level at an end thereof having an engaging part. The horizontal levels is inserted into the guide grooves such that the engaging parts can be inserted into the joining parts so as to fixed to each other, and the batteries can enter the shell chambers to constitute connection of a circuit such that seat part can be joined to or detached from the car fast.




Another object of the present invention is to provide a build-up light motor driven car associated with the advantages of Taiwanese Utility Model No. 091202315 for enhancing the convenience of being moved.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS




The present invention can be more fully understood by reference to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:





FIG. 1

is a perspective view of a car body and a car seat being detached from each other of a build-up light motor driven car according to the present invention;





FIG. 2A

is an assembled perspective view of the build-up light motor driven car shown in

FIG. 1

with a projection angle toward the front side of the car;





FIG. 2B

is an assembled perspective view of the build-up light motor driven car shown in

FIG. 1

with a projection angle toward the rear side of the car;





FIG. 3

is a perspective view of the build-up light motor driven car of the present invention being detached as two single units for being capable of delivery;





FIG. 4A

is a top view of a transmission mechanism and a steering mechanism in the build-up motor driven car according to the present invention; and





FIG. 4B

is a perspective view of a transmission mechanism and a steering mechanism in the build-up light motor driven car according to the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT




Referring to

FIGS. 1

to


4


, a build-up light motor driven car basically comprises a car body


1


, a control device


2


, a seat part


3


, a transmission mechanism


4


, a press mechanism


5


and a steering mechanism


6


.




Wherein, the car body


1


is a structurally reinforced car frame


11


and an outer shell


12


with a desired profile for covering the car frame


11


so that the transmission mechanism


4


, the press mechanism


5


and the steering mechanism


6


are enclosed in the outer shell


12


. The control device


2


is disposed at the front side of the car frame


11


and the steering mechanism


6


, which is disposed below the control device


2


, can be actuated to move relative to the control device


2


such that two front wheels


65


can turn to a direction simultaneously. A support frame


13


is disposed at the rear side of the car frame


11


for receiving and locating both the transmission mechanism


4


and the press mechanism so as to join the seat part


3


. The front side of the support frame


13


at both lateral sides thereof is provided with a joining part


131


such as an engaging hole respectively. A pin hole


132


is located at the front side of the frame


13


between the two joining parts


131


and the two lateral sides of the frame


13


at the rear sides thereof are provided with an up extending stopper piece


133


respectively. The stopper pieces


133


can limit the battery moving backward during the battery being mounted to the frame


13


. Further, the rear section of the frame


13


at two lateral sides thereof is attached with a driven wheel


14


respectively.




The control device


2


is axially connected to the front side of the car body


1


with the lower end of an elongated shaft


21


thereof connecting with the steering device


6


and the upper end of the elongated shaft


21


being attached with a handle


22


. As soon as the handle


22


is operated under control, the steering device


6


below the elongated shaft


21


can turn to a direction and the two front wheels


65


can be actuated to turn the same direction synchronously so as to allow the car frame


1


moving forward or make a turn. The elongated shaft


21


at the upper and the lower ends thereof has a clip


23


respectively with a lock stem


231


being controlled to loosen/tighten the clip


23


such that the elongated shaft


21


or the handle


22


can lean laterally so as to take in the shaft


21


or allow the handle rotating to and staying at a proper angle for accommodating individual rider's body size and obtaining comfortable hand grip.




Referring to

FIGS. 4A and 4B

, the steering device


6


has a stir plate


61


with an end thereof being joined to the lower end of the shaft


21


and the other end thereof being connected to an end of a connection rod


62


. Further, another end of the connecting rod


62


connects with an end of one of two connecting plates


63


pivotally fixed at two lateral sides of the car frame


11


. Each of the connecting plates


63


at a lateral outer side thereof pivotally connects with a front wheel


65


respectively and a follower rod at both ends thereof connects with the other end of each of the two connecting plates


63


such that a linkage can be formed and the connecting plates


63


and the follower rod


64


can move relative to each other. Hence, the shaft


21


and the stir plate


61


at the lower end of the shaft


21


rotate synchronously to actuate the connecting rod


62


moving linearly. In this way, one of the connecting plates


63


can be swung and the other connecting plate


63


also can be swung via the follower rod


64


so that the two front wheels


65


can be turned to a direction simultaneously.




The seat part


3


has two support frames


31


with a seat cushion


32


being arranged on the support frames


31


and each of the support frames


31


at the lower end thereof has a horizontal lever


33


respectively for the battery


34


being spanned on the horizontal levers


33


and being fixed in place with conventional fasteners. In order to be joined to the car body


1


, each horizontal lever


33


of the seat part


3


at the joint end thereof has an engaging part


35


such as a lock piece. The outer shell


12


of the car body


1


is provided with an elongated step guide groove


121


respectively corresponding to the joining parts


131


for being inset with the horizontal lever


33


such that the engaging part


35


can be inserted into the joint part


131


sharply to constitute a state of locating. Meanwhile, the battery


34


supported with the two horizontal levers


33


enters the car body


1


via a preset shell chamber


123


at the back of guide groove


121


till the end part of the battery


34


touches the stoppers


133


such that two electrical poles


341


on the battery


34


can elastically contact with connecting poles in a connecting pole room


124


at the top of the shell chamber


123


for supply required power. Besides, in order to enhance the firmness between the seat part


3


and the car body


1


, a holding plate


36


between the horizontal levers


33


has a positioning hole


361


for being pierced with a pin


37


and the pin


37


can be inserted into the pinhole


132


to perform a function of locating. Further, in order to slide in the guide grooves


121


, the horizontal levers


33


at least provides a guide projection


331


respectively and the guide groove


121


provides a corresponding fitting recess


122


for being inserted with the guide projection


331


such that the guide projection


331


can slide along the fitting recess


122


.




In addition, in order to increase comfort and safety during being sat, the two support frames


31


at the rear ends thereof extend upward an extension frame


38


respectively with an end of the extension frame


38


being attached with a foldable armrest


381


. Besides, a lifted back rod


39


is located at rear part of the car body in back of the extension frame


38


for being leaned against the rider's back.




Referring to

FIGS. 1 and 3

again, the outer shell


12


has a hook


125


at the rear side thereof for hooking on the handle


22


while the shaft


21


is bent down to lie on the car body


1


such that the overall height of car body


1


can be reduced and the bent shaft


21


can act as a force exertion point during being moved for the car body


1


being raised easily. The two batteries


34


are disposed under the seat part


3


and the weight of the entire light car is distributed to the car body


1


and the seat part


3


evenly so that awkward situation of being unable to move the car body resulting from overloading is not possible to occur.




The transmission mechanism


4


and the press mechanism


5


are the same as those disclosed in Taiwanese Utility Model Application No. 091202315. A brief description for the transmission mechanism


4


and the press mechanism


5


is explained hereinafter. Referring to

FIGS. 4A and 4B

, the transmission mechanism


4


is fixedly attached in the frame


13


and includes a motor


41


and an output device


42


. The output device


42


at a lateral side thereof at least axially connects with a driving wheel


43


, and, preferably, two opposite lateral sides thereof axially connect with a driving wheel


43


respectively between the two driven wheels


14


. Thus, the driven wheels


14


can run with an equal speed or unequal speed to comply with various situations directly without any differential so that a span between the driven wheels


14


can be shortened greatly so as to reduce volume of the car body. The press mechanism


5


is provided with a function like a shock absorber for the driving wheel


43


accommodating rugged and coarse ground and no detail will be described further.




Furthermore, at least a small sized support wheel


15


is attached to the frame


13


at the rear side thereof to contact with a slope while the light electric car of the present invention is uphill. Hence, an accident resulting from the car turning up side down due to the entire weight of the car being at the back of the car body can be avoided.




It is appreciated from the preceding description that both the car body and the seat part in the build-up light electric car of the present invention can be joined to and detached from each other and the overall weight thereof is distributed evenly so that it can delivered conveniently in spite of the batteries and the transmission mechanism being mounted to the car body and the disadvantage with regard to the car being too heavy to be moved can be avoided. Further, the control device of the light electric car according to the present invention can be bent down to reduce the volume of the car body greatly for being possible to being taken in the trunk in an ordinary and being delivered far away such that the rider can drive the light electric car of the present invention at any time and any place if desired.




While the invention has been described with reference to the a preferred embodiment thereof, it is to be understood that modifications or variations may be easily made without departing from the spirit of this invention, which is defined by the appended claims.



Claims
  • 1. A build-up light motor driven car, comprising:a car body being composed of a car frame and an outer shell, being provided with a guide groove at two lateral sides thereof respectively, the guide groove having an engaging part, the outer shell having a shell chamber behind the respective guide groove; a seat part having two seat frames corresponding to the two guide grooves, the seat frames at upper parts thereof being attached with a seat cushion and at lower parts thereof connecting with horizontal levers respectively and the respective horizontal levers at an end thereof having an engaging part; two batteries are received in the shell chamber with two electrical poles thereof contacting with two elastic connecting poles in a connecting pole room above the shell chamber and two stopper pieces are located at the car frame to limit the batteries moving inward; whereby the horizontal levers are inserted into the guide grooves such that the engaging parts are inserted into the joining parts so as to fix to each other, and the two batteries enter the shell chambers to constitute connection of a circuit such that the seat part is joined to or detached from the car.
  • 2. The build-up light motor driven car as defined in claim 1, wherein the engaging part is a lock piece and the joining parts are two engaging grooves at two lateral sides of an end of the car frame.
  • 3. The build-up light motor driven car as defined in claim 1, wherein a pinhole is arranged between the two joining parts and a holding plate with a positioning hole is disposed between the two horizontal levers for a pin passing through the positioning hole and fixing at the pinhole.
  • 4. The build-up light motor driven car as defined in claim 1, wherein the seat frames are connected to an extension frame having foldable armrests on opposite sides thereof and a lifted back rod position behind the seat cushion.
  • 5. The build-up light motor driven car as defined in claim 1, wherein a transmission mechanism with an end thereof is provided to axially connect with the frame and another end thereof connecting with a press mechanism and the transmission mechanism is composed of a motor and an output device with the output device at least connecting with a driving wheel and a rear end of the frame at two lateral sides thereof pivotally connecting with a driven wheel respectively.
  • 6. The build-up light motor driven car as defined in claim 1, wherein at least a support wheel is provided at a rear end of the car frame.
  • 7. The build-up light motor driven car as defined in claim 1, wherein a control device is disposed at a front side of the car body with an elongated shaft at an upper end thereof pivotally connecting with a handle and at a lower end thereof connecting with a steering device for controlling moving directions of front wheels of the car and the lower end of the shaft has a fastening piece to be adjusted loosely or tightly for the shaft being capable of being bent downward and lying on the car body in a way of the handle being hooked up with a hook arranged on the car body.
  • 8. The build-up light motor driven car as defined in claim 7, wherein a further fastening piece is provided between the upper end of the shaft and the handle for controlling a rotational displacement of the handle and locating the handle.
  • 9. The build-up light motor driven car as defined in claim 7, wherein the steering device has a stir plate to connect with the elongated shaft with each of the front wheels pivotally connects with a joining plate respectively and the joining plates at a respective end thereof connect with a follower rod with another end of one of the joining plates connecting with the stir plate so as to turn the front wheels simultaneously.
  • 10. A build-up light motor driven car, comprising:a car body being composed of a car frame and an outer shell, being provided with a guide groove at two lateral sides thereof respectively, the guide groove having an engaging part, the outer shell having a shell chamber behind the respective guide groove; a seat part having two seat frames corresponding to the two guide grooves, the seat frames at upper parts thereof being attached with a seat cushion and at lower parts thereof connecting with horizontal levers respectively and the respective horizontal levers at an end thereof having an engaging part; the horizontal levers at a respective lever side thereof extend at least a guide projection and the guide grooves have a corresponding fitting recess respectively for being slidably inserted with the guide projections; whereby the horizontal levers are inserted into the guide grooves such that the engaging parts are inserted into the joining parts so as to fix to each other, and the two batteries enter the shell chambers to constitute connection of a circuit such that the seat part is joined to or detached from the car.
  • 11. The build-up light motor driven car as defined in claim 10, wherein the engaging part is a lock piece and the joining parts are two engaging grooves at two lateral sides of an end of the car frame.
  • 12. The build-up light motor driven car as defined in claim 10, wherein a pinhole is arranged between the two joining parts and a holding plate with a positioning hole is disposed between the two horizontal levers for a pin passing through the positioning hole and fixing at the pinhole.
  • 13. The build-up light motor driven car as defined in claim 10, wherein the seat frames are connected to an extension frame having foldable armrests on opposite sides thereof and a lifted back rod position behind the seat cushion.
  • 14. The build-up light motor driven car as defined in claim 10, wherein a transmission mechanism with an end thereof is provided to axially connect with the frame and another end thereof connecting with a press mechanism and the transmission mechanism is composed of a motor and an output device with the output device at least connecting with a driving wheel and a rear end of the frame at two lateral sides thereof pivotally connecting with a driven wheel respectively.
  • 15. The build-up light motor driven car as defined in claim 10, wherein at least a support wheel is provided at a rear end of the car frame.
  • 16. The build-up light motor driven car as defined in claim 10, wherein a control device is disposed at a front side of the car body with an elongated shaft at an upper end thereof pivotally connecting with a handle and at a lower end thereof connecting with a steering device for controlling moving directions of front wheels of the car and the lower end of the shaft has a fastening piece to be adjusted loosely or tightly for the shaft being capable of being bent downward and lying on the car body in a way of the handle being hooked up with a hook arranged on the car body.
  • 17. The build-up light motor driven car as defined in claim 16, wherein a further fastening piece is provided between the upper end of the shaft and the handle for controlling a rotational displacement of the handle and locating the handle.
  • 18. The build-up light motor driven car as defined in claim 16, wherein the steering device has a stir plate to connect with the elongated shaft with each of the front wheels pivotally connects with a joining plate respectively and the joining plates at a respective end thereof connect with a follower rod with another end of one of the joining plates connecting with the stir plate so as to turn the front wheels simultaneously.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
91204726 U Apr 2002 TW
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