1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a safeguard wheel assembly for a two-wheeled vehicle, and more particularly to a safeguard wheel assembly for a two-wheeled vehicle which can improve the stability, safety and convenience of a two-wheeled vehicle.
2. Description of the Related Art
Currently, with busy modern life styles make time more precious for people, parking space being difficult to find, and high fuel prices, more and more people are choosing two-wheeled vehicles, such as bicycles or motorcycles, for daily transportation.
Furthermore, two-wheeled vehicles such as bicycles or motorcycles require users to maintain good balance between the two wheels. However, while a two-wheeled vehicle is operating, its center of gravity switches left and right randomly between the two wheels, which causes decreased stability and safety issues for riders.
In addition, most current children's bicycles or handicap motorcycles further have assisting wheels. However, the assisting wheels are directly pivoted to two sides of the main body of the children's bicycles or to handicapped motorcycles, when the vehicle is turning at a relatively higher speed, one of the assisting wheels is lifted off the ground, which makes the vehicle easy to tilt over.
Therefore, it is desirable to provide a safeguard wheel assembly for a two-wheeled vehicle to mitigate and/or obviate the aforementioned problems.
An objective of the present invention is to provide a safeguard wheel assembly for a two-wheeled vehicle, which can provide better safety and stability for the vehicle.
In order to achieve the above-mentioned objectives an improved wheel safeguard assembly for a two-wheeled vehicle that is installed on a bottom of a main body, comprises:
two guide columns respectively attached on two sides of a rear end of the main body;
a base disposed across the rear end of the main body and behind a real wheel of the two-wheeled vehicle;
two rollers respectively pivoted on two sides of the base such that a front wheel and the real wheel of the two-wheeled vehicle and the two rollers are all aligned in one plane;
two sets of rotatable linkages, one end of each linkage respectively pivoted to the two sides of the rear end of the main body, and another end of each linkage respectively pivoted to the two sides of the base adjacent to the rollers;
two guide slots respectively formed in the two sides of the base, with each guide column disposed in each guide slot. Therefore, the front wheel and the rear wheel are guided to enable swinging and to drive the rotatable linkages to pull the front wheel and the rear wheel back to a center position. Accordingly, the stability, safety and convenience of the two-wheeled vehicle are improved, and the wheel safeguard assembly is more practical.
The linkage comprises an upper rod and a lower rod pivoted to each other, an end of each upper rod pivoted to the two sides of the rear end of the main body, an end of each lower rod pivoted to the two sides of the base adjacent to the roller, and a torque spring is disposed between the upper rod and the lower rod.
A predetermined included angle is formed between the upper rod and the lower rod, and each torque spring is disposed at the respective pivot between the upper rod and the lower rod, the two ends of each torque spring respectively extending to attach to the upper rod and the lower rod.
Two upper extension arms and two lower extension arms are respectively disposed and paired on two sides of the rear end of the main body, the upper extension arm being disposed above the lower extension arm, one end of each upper rod being pivoted to one end of the upper extension arm, and the guide columns are respectively connected to one end of each lower extension arm.
The two upper extension arms and two lower extension arms are all connected to a support panel; the upper rods are respectively connected to two sides of the support panel, and the guide columns are also respectively disposed in the two sides of the support panel below the upper rods.
The bottom of the base has a support frame; the rollers are respectively pivoted to two sides of the support frame, and the lower rods are respectively pivoted to two ends of the support frame.
In another embodiment of the present invention, a wheel safeguard assembly for a two-wheeled vehicle installed on a bottom of a main body comprises:
two guide columns respectively attached to two sides of a rear end of the main body;
a base disposed across the rear end of the main body and behind a rear wheel of the two-wheeled vehicle;
two rollers respectively pivoted to two sides of the base such that a front wheel and the rear wheel of the two-wheeled vehicle and the two rollers are all aligned in one plane;
two air cylinders, one end of each air cylinder respectively pivoted to the two sides of the rear end of the main body, and another end of each air cylinder being respectively pivoted to the two sides of the base adjacent to the rollers;
two guide slots respectively formed in the two sides of the base and each guide column disposed in each guide slot, such that the front wheel and the rear wheel are guided to enable swinging and to drive the air cylinders to pull the front wheel and the rear wheel back to a center position.
Accordingly, the stability, safety and convenience of the two-wheeled vehicle are improved, and the wheel safeguard assembly is more practical.
Each air cylinder comprises a cylinder body, the cylinder body jacketed with an outer tube and a spring, such that the outer tube is slideable along the cylinder body, and the two sides of the rear end of the main body above the guide columns are respectively pivoted to each cylinder body; and wherein a rod is slideably installed in each cylinder body, and the two sides of the base adjacent to the rollers are respectively pivoted to each rod.
A threaded portion of an outer surface at the bottom end of the cylinder body is engaged with an O-ring, and the spring is compressed between the bottom of the outer tube 91 and the top of the O-ring, Therefore, by rotating the O-ring, the position of the O-ring on the cylinder body can be changed to adjust the tension on the outer tube.
Two upper extension arms and two lower extension arms are respectively disposed and paired on two sides of the rear end of the main body, the upper extension arm is disposed above the lower extension arm, one end of each upper rod being pivoted to one end of the upper extension arm, and the guide columns are respectively connected to one end of each lower extension arm.
The two upper extension arms and two lower extension arms are all connected to a support panel; the upper rods are respectively connected to two sides of the support panel, and the guide columns are also respectively disposed in the two sides of the support panel below the upper rods.
The bottom of the base has a support frame, and the rollers are respectively pivoted to two sides of the support frame, with the lower rods being respectively pivoted to two ends of the support frame.
The bottom of the base has a support frame, and two support elements are respectively pivoted to two ends of the support frame; a rotatable ball is pivoted to a bottom of each supporting element.
In another embodiment of the present invention, a wheel safeguard assembly for a two-wheeled vehicle installed on a bottom of a main body comprises:
two guide columns respectively attached to two sides of a rear end of the main body;
one base disposed across the rear end of the main body and between a front wheel and a real wheel of the two-wheeled vehicle;
two rollers respectively pivoted to two sides of the base such that a front wheel and the real wheel of the two-wheeled vehicle and the two rollers are all aligned in one plane;
two sets of rotatable linkages, one end of each linkage respectively pivoted to the two sides of the rear end of the main body, and another end of each linkage respectively pivoted to the two sides of the base;
two guide slots respectively formed in the two sides of the base and each guide column disposed in a respective guide slot, such that the front wheel and the rear wheel are guided to enable swinging and to drive the rotatable linkages to pull the front wheel and the rear wheel back to a center position.
Accordingly, the stability, safety and convenience of the two-wheeled vehicle are improved, and the wheel safeguard assembly is more practical.
The linkage comprises an upper rod and a lower rod pivoted to each other, an end of each upper rod being respectively pivoted to the two sides of a bottom of the main body, an end of each lower rod being respectively pivoted to the two sides of the base adjacent to the roller, and a torque spring disposed between each upper rod and each lower rod.
The two upper extension arms and two lower extension arms are all connected to a support panel, and the cylinder bodies are respectively connected to two sides of the support panel; the guide columns also are respectively disposed on the two sides of the support panel below the cylinder bodies.
The bottom of the base has a support frame, and two support elements are respectively pivoted to two ends of the support frame; a rotatable ball is pivoted to a bottom of each supporting element.
Other objects, advantages, and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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The bottom of the base 30 has a support frame 40 extending along the two sides of the main body 10 (as shown in
A torque spring 6 is disposed between the upper rod 51 and the lower rod 52 (as shown in
Two guide slots 31 are respectively formed in the two sides of the base 30 and each guide column 21 is disposed in each guide slot 31, such that when a user is riding the two-wheel vehicle 1, (as shown in
With the above-mentioned structure, the front wheel 13 and the real wheel 14 of the two-wheeled vehicle and the two rollers 41 are all aligned in one plane (as shown in
Accordingly, the front wheel 13 and the real wheel 14 of the two-wheeled vehicle and the two rollers 41 are all aligned in one plane (as shown in
The second assembly end is provided by the upper extension arms 11. The upper extension arms 11 utilize the flexible and extendable linkage 5 for attachment to the base 30 to force the two-wheeled vehicle 1 to return back to the perpendicular position after turning. Consequently, the stability, safety and convenience of the two-wheeled vehicle 1 are improved, and the wheel safeguard assembly is more practical. Moreover, the width of the roller 41 of the wheel safeguard assembly may be equal to the width of the handlebars of the two-wheeled vehicle 1, such that the wheel safeguard assembly does not require more space, and the wheel safeguard assembly at the rear end of the vehicle can provide a bumper effect.
The present invention may further provide another embodiment: a pivot region 42 (as shown in
Moreover, a stand 8 is pivoted to the bottom of the base 30 (as shown in
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Although the present invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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098127659 | Aug 2009 | TW | national |