AT10163U1 - ACCESSORIES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL MOBILITY VEHICLE - Google Patents

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2 AT010163U1

The present invention relates to an accessory for an individual mobility vehicle, namely an electronically balanced two-wheeled platform vehicle in which the two wheels are laterally of the platform for a person standing thereon. These vehicles are made by Dean L. Kamen and described in many of his patents, for example DE 600 26 522 T2. They are not only used in the public sector, but in particular for the rapid internal transport of individuals in businesses, where they can move faster and more conveniently on normal and narrow running paths. For example, it is advantageous if a service or a repair to one of the production machines is necessary in a production line with a number of production machines in order to be able to remedy a costly shutdown of the entire production line, the necessary person not to the relevant point Tool or spare part must run, but can use such a mobility vehicle for the routes and transport of tools or spare parts.

The present invention serves to improve this purpose.

Although these two-wheeled mobility vehicles, which are steered directly about their vertical axis and therefore are very mobile even in confined spaces, there is the problem that loose or inadequately suspended items will affect the steerability of the mobility vehicle because the electronically controlled stability is affected by any center of gravity displacement. But if entrained items can lurch, the desired shift of focus for the guidance of the mobility vehicle is adversely affected. Therefore, it is proposed according to the invention, for the purpose described above, but also for other uses of the two-wheeled mobility vehicle, not to enable the center of gravity displacement or only very slightly influencing attachment of entrained objects. This is done according to the invention essentially in that an upright frame is arranged at the lateral outermost edge of the platform in the height of the wheel axles, which has an outwardly directed flat receptacle above the two wheels, to which a portable container is clamped.

The general solution according to the invention is evident from the claim 1, the embodiments of the dependent subclaims.

Further details, features and advantages will become apparent from the accompanying drawings in which a preferred embodiment of the invention is shown schematically and in perspective.

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FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a preferred embodiment,

FIG. 2 is a front view,

Figure 3 is a side view and Figure 4 is a plan view.

The embodiment shown in Figure 1 shows an individual mobility vehicle 10, namely an electronically balanced two-wheeled platform vehicle in which two wheels 12 designed as wheel motors are located laterally from a platform 14 for a person standing thereon. In order to give the standing person support, protruding from the platform 14 in the direction of travel, a rod 16 with a pair of holding and control handles 18 at the top. The person standing on the platform 14 controls and moves the mobility vehicle 10 in a known manner by shifting the equilibrium, which are implemented in a control device below the platform 14 in a regulation of the wheel movements. For the applications described in the introduction or similar, it is expedient to carry carried objects not loose or only loose, or loosely suspended with. For

Claims (4)

For this purpose, and in particular for carrying service devices and tools in the maintenance of production machines in a production line, cases 20 or similar containers are provided which can be carried along according to the invention without adversely affecting the driver and the driving characteristics. They are detachable on a frame 22, but secured in their connection with the frame 22 so that they can not trigger a rolling motion. In the present embodiment, the frame 22 consists of a two-legged bracket 24 which is fixedly connected on both outer sides of the platform 14 at the level of the hubs of the wheels 12 with the platform io 14 and from this connection 26 first within the inside of the wheels 12 to a Knick 28 looms. With this kink 28, the bracket 22 continues above the wheels 12 bent outwards and extends vertically upward to about half the height of the rod 16 to be there as a closed bracket 22 with an externally attached plate 30 fixed. At this plate 30, the case 20 can rest with its inside and 15 can be detachably connected to the plate 30. For this purpose, a lockable bayonet lock 32 serve at the front and rear ends of the plate 30. But it is also an easily detachable and lockable arrangement of slots and rivet-shaped head pins or the like possible. In any case, a secure, detachable and rigid connection is provided that does not allow rolling motion and yet can be quickly made and released. Claims 1. An individual mobility vehicle accessory, namely an electronically balanced platform vehicle with the two wheels located laterally of the platform for one person, characterized in that at the lateral outermost edge of the platform (14) in height the wheel axles an upstanding frame (22) is arranged, which above the two wheels (12) has an outwardly directed flat receptacle (30) to which a portable container (20), releasably and rigidly clamped to a center of gravity displacement to allow attachment of entrained objects without or only slightly affecting. 2. Accessory according to claim 1, characterized in that the frame (22) consists of a two-legged bracket (24) on both outer sides of the platform (14) in height 35 of the hubs of the wheels (12) with the platform (14). is firmly connected and from this connec tion (26) first within the inside of the wheels (12) up to a kink (28) rises, with this bend (28) of the bracket (22) above the wheels (12) to the outside bent away continues and vertically upwards to about half height of a rod (16) extends, which serves the support of the person to there as a closed bracket (22) with an au-40 ßen attached plate (30) to be firmly connected. 3. Accessory according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that on the plate (30) a container or case (20) rests with its inside and can be detachably connected to the plate (30). 45 4. Accessory according to claim 3, characterized in that the releasable connection is a lockable bayonet lock (32) at the front and rear ends of the plate (30). 5. The accessory according to claim 3, characterized in that the releasable connection is each a lockable arrangement of slots and rivet-shaped head pins at the front and rear ends of the plate (30). 55 Including 4 sheets of drawings