CN107031768B

CN107031768B - Folding scooter

Info

Publication number: CN107031768B
Application number: CN201710403042.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李巍
Original assignee: Kunshan Augst Electric Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Kunshan Augst Electric Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2017-06-01
Filing date: 2017-06-01
Publication date: 2023-02-21
Anticipated expiration: 2037-06-01
Also published as: CN107031768A

Abstract

The invention discloses a folding scooter, comprising a front wheel bracket, a handlebar vertical pipe connected with the front wheel bracket, a pedal plate, wherein the handlebar vertical pipe can be folded on the pedal plate or pulled out of the pedal plate, the scooter also comprises: the pedal plate swinging mechanism is connected between the pedal plate and the handlebar vertical pipe, and when one side of the pedal plate is stressed, the pedal plate is slightly rotated or slightly swung through the pedal plate swinging mechanism so as to slow down or prevent the force from acting on the pedal plate; a wheel folding mechanism provided on the step floor, capable of being retracted into or withdrawn from an inner space of the step floor; and the locking mechanism is arranged on the pedal and used for locking the wheel folding mechanism in the internal space of the pedal. The scooter of the invention has smaller volume after being folded and can avoid a user from falling down from the scooter when turning.

Description

Folding scooter

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of vehicles, in particular to a folding scooter.

Background

In modern life, scooters have become very convenient short-distance vehicles or children riding and playing tools. The scooter is loved by various people due to the portability. However, when the scooter is carried to a public space, such as a bus, a subway, an elevator, an office, etc., the scooter will occupy a large space due to its large volume.

In order to solve the problems, a plurality of folding forms of the scooter are provided at present. Generally, the handlebars of these foldable scooters are foldable relative to the handlebar frame, which is foldable relative to the pedals. However, the wheels of these folding scooters cannot be folded to be flush with the pedals, and the folding scooter is not compact enough, still occupies a large space, greatly reduces the portable capacity, and also leads to a large packing volume.

In addition, when the current scooter turns, the front wheel is driven to rotate by rotating the handlebar vertical pipe, the front wheel support drives the pedal plate to turn, the front wheel support and the pedal plate are fixedly connected, and when the scooter turns, the gravity center of a user can shift under the action of inertia, so that the two sides of the pedal plate are unbalanced in stress, and the scooter is easy to fall down when the scooter turns.

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, the present designer has made active research and innovation to create a foldable scooter with a novel structure, which has industrial value.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a folding scooter which has smaller volume after being folded and can prevent a user from falling from the scooter when the user turns.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

a folding scooter, includes front wheel support, handlebar riser, the running-board of being connected with the front wheel support, the handlebar riser can fold on the running-board or pull out from the running-board, still includes:

the pedal swing mechanism is connected between the pedal and the handlebar vertical pipe, and when one side of the pedal is stressed, the pedal is slightly rotated or slightly swung through the pedal swing mechanism so as to slow down or prevent the force from acting on the pedal;

and a wheel folding mechanism which is arranged on the pedal plate and can be retracted into the internal space of the pedal plate or pulled out of the internal space of the pedal plate.

Further, the bicycle comprises a locking mechanism which is arranged on the pedal and used for locking the wheel folding mechanism in the inner space of the pedal.

Further, the foot pedal swing mechanism includes:

the pedal connecting seat is installed in the end part of the pedal, the end part of the pedal connecting seat is provided with an opening, a flexible part tightly matched with the opening is sleeved in the opening, and the flexible part is provided with a clamping groove;

the connecting plate is connected with the pedal connecting seat, a clamping head matched with the clamping groove is arranged at the end part of the connecting plate, and the clamping head can extrude the flexible part to deform when one side of the pedal is stressed, so that the pedal connecting seat can drive the pedal to slightly rotate or slightly swing relative to the connecting plate, and the action of the force on the pedal is slowed or prevented;

the pedal connecting seat and the connecting plate are provided with limiting structures which are matched with each other to limit the micro-rotation or micro-swing amplitude of the pedal.

Furthermore, the cross sections of the clamping groove and the clamping head are cross-shaped.

Furthermore, the opening is a square hole, and a cover plate for limiting the flexible piece in the opening is sleeved in the opening.

Further, limit structure includes:

at least one arc-shaped groove, wherein the arc-shaped groove is arranged on the end part of the connecting plate or the end part of the pedal connecting seat;

the limiting column is arranged on the end part of the pedal connecting seat or the end part of the connecting plate and can slide along the arc-shaped groove.

Furthermore, the radian of the arc-shaped groove meets the requirement that the pedal rotates or swings by 5-15 degrees.

Furthermore, a gasket for preventing the end part of the pedal from contacting the surface of the end part of the connecting plate is arranged between the end part of the pedal and the end part of the connecting plate.

Furthermore, the pedal swing mechanism further comprises a mandrel penetrating through the joint of the pedal connecting seat and the connecting plate to enable the pedal connecting seat and the connecting plate to be positioned on the same axial lead, and the mandrel is provided with at least one bearing which is connected with the pedal connecting seat and enables the pedal connecting seat to rotate relative to the mandrel.

Further, the wheel folding mechanism includes:

the wheel mounting rack is used for mounting a wheel;

the support frame is rotationally connected with the pedal plate and the wheel mounting frame, an arc groove is formed in the end face of the support frame, which is rotationally connected with the wheel mounting frame, a sliding column capable of sliding along the arc groove is arranged on the end face of the wheel mounting frame, which is rotationally connected with the support frame, and the wheel mounting frame drives the wheel to rotate to an opening state or a folding state when rotating relative to the support frame;

the wheel mounting frame or the supporting frame is provided with a limiting assembly which limits the wheels to be in an opening state or a folding state.

Further, spacing subassembly includes:

the top ball is rotatably arranged on the end surface of the support frame which is rotatably connected with the wheel mounting frame or the end surface of the wheel mounting frame which is rotatably connected with the support frame;

at least one spring, the spring setting is in the support frame or in the wheel mounting bracket and with the top pearl offsets, makes top pearl top tight the wheel mounting bracket or the support frame.

Furthermore, the wheel mounting frame or still be equipped with the confession on the terminal surface of support frame the top pearl is in rolling slot when the wheel mounting frame rotates, it is right to be equipped with to go up the indent the positioning channel groove of top pearl location.

Furthermore, the wheel mounting frame is provided with two opposite side wings, the wheels are rotatably connected to the two side wings through wheel shafts, and a mudguard is arranged between the two side wings, rotatably connected with the wheel mounting frame and used for shielding the wheels.

Furthermore, the fender pass through the pivot with the wheel mounting bracket rotates to be connected, the cover is equipped with one end with the fender is connected on the pivot, the other end with the inboard first torsional spring that offsets of wheel mounting bracket.

Furthermore, the support frame is rotatably connected with the pedal plate through a rotating shaft, and a second torsion spring with one end connected with the support frame and the other end abutting against the inner side of the pedal plate is further sleeved on the rotating shaft.

Further, wheel folding mechanism still includes certainly inside the wearing extremely of wheel mounting bracket inside, messenger the wheel mounting bracket with the support frame is in the back shaft on the same axial lead, be equipped with on the back shaft at least one with the wheel mounting bracket is connected, supplies the wheel mounting bracket is relative back shaft pivoted bearing.

Further, the locking mechanism includes:

a button cover connected with the pedal;

the pin is arranged on the button cover in a sliding and penetrating manner;

the button penetrates through the button cover and is used for driving the pin to slide into the locking hole in the wheel mounting frame relative to the button cover;

the pin is provided with a chute along the length direction of the pin, and the end part of the pin, which is used for extending into the locking hole, is provided with an inclined plane; the button is provided with an inclined block which can be inserted into the inclined groove and is attached to the inclined wall of the inclined groove.

Further, the connecting plate is rotatably connected with a connecting piece connecting the handle bar vertical pipe and the front wheel bracket, wherein,

the connecting plate is provided with two side walls, two corresponding arc-shaped limiting grooves which take the center of the connecting part of the connecting piece and the side walls as the circle center are arranged on the two side walls, and two ends of each arc-shaped limiting groove are bent and extended;

wear to be equipped with on the connecting piece and follow the gliding spacing axle of arc spacing groove, it can block system or release to rotate to be connected with on the spacing axle is followed the gliding handle of arc spacing groove.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

1. through the pedal swing mechanism, the mode that the pedal is fixedly connected with the handlebar vertical pipe is changed, when the stress on two sides of the pedal is unbalanced, the pedal can be rotated or swung in a self-adaptive manner, namely the pedal is balanced through the damping action, and a user is prevented from falling down from the scooter when turning;

2. through the wheel folding mechanism, when the scooter is folded, the wheels can be folded from the working state into a flat state and are stored in the pedal plate of the scooter to be flush with the pedal plate, so that the folded volume of the scooter is greatly reduced, and the boxing volume is also reduced;

3. the locking mechanism has a simple and ingenious structure, the pin can be withdrawn from the locking hole of the wheel mounting frame only by lightly pressing the button, and the wheel can be in a working state only by lightly pulling the wheel and rotating the wheel by 90 degrees, so that the operation is convenient;

4. the handlebar riser can be folded on the running-board, has further reduced the volume after the scooter is folded.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the scooter of the present invention in a working state;

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the folding rear wheel of the scooter of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the bottom-view pedal plate of the scooter with the rear wheels folded;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the swing mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the connection structure of the pedal connecting seat and the link plate in the swing mechanism of the pedal;

FIG. 6 is a front view of the connection structure of the pedal attachment seat and the link plate;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line C-C of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a connecting plate;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the foot pedal attachment base;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the connector of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the wheel folding mechanism of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a perspective view of the wheel folding mechanism without the wheel mounting bracket mounted thereon;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a wheel mount of the wheel folding mechanism;

FIG. 14 is a schematic perspective view of a support frame in the wheel folding mechanism;

FIG. 15 is a schematic view of the wheel folding mechanism mounted on a foot pedal (only the interior of the foot pedal is shown);

FIG. 16 is a schematic perspective view of the locking mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 17 is a perspective view of a pin in the locking mechanism;

FIG. 18 is a schematic perspective view of a button of the locking mechanism;

fig. 19 is a perspective view of the folded wagon of the present invention after it is completely folded.

In the figure: 10-front wheel support, 11-front wheel, 20-handlebar stem, 21-handlebar, 22-first sleeve, 23-second sleeve, 24-adjustment hole, 30-pedal, 40-pedal connection seat, 41-opening, 42-flexible member, 43-clamping groove, 44-cover plate, 45-limit post, 50-link plate, 51-chuck, 52-arc groove, 53-side wall, 54-arc limit groove, 60-spindle, 61, 101-bearing, 62, washer, 70-connecting member, 71-limit shaft, 72-handle, 73-first through hole, 74-second through hole, 75, long hole, 80-wheel mounting bracket, 81-wheel, 811-axle, 82-sliding post, 83-rolling groove, 84-positioning clamping groove, 85-flank, 86-locking hole, 87-fender, 88-pivot, 89-first torsion spring, 90-support frame, 91-arc groove, 92-top ball, 93-spring, 100-support shaft, 102-rotating shaft, 103-second torsion spring, 200-fender, 203-button, 203-inclined button, 204-inclined plane block, and 204-inclined plane.

Detailed Description

The technical scheme of the invention is further explained by the specific implementation mode in combination with the attached drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3 and 19, a front wheel frame 10 of a foldable scooter of the present invention, a handle bar stem 20 connected to the front wheel frame 10, and a rear wheel-mounted footboard 30.

Wherein, the front wheel support 10 is the roughly rectangle form that can twist into roughly parallelogram, installs two front wheels 11 respectively at the both ends of front wheel support 10, and like this, the scooter is when turning, and front wheel support 10 adaptability twists reverse according to the angle of turning, and it is lighter to turn.

The handle stem 20 of the present invention is adjustable according to the height of the user. Specifically, the handlebar stem 20 of the present invention includes a first sleeve 22 and a second sleeve 23 sleeved with each other, a plurality of adjusting holes 24 are formed on the second sleeve 23 along an axial direction thereof, a pin hole for a pin to enter and exit is formed on the first sleeve 22, the first sleeve 22 slides to a corresponding hole position of the adjusting hole 24 along the second sleeve 23, and the pin is clamped on the corresponding adjusting hole 24, thereby completing the length adjustment of the handlebar stem 20. In addition, the handlebar stem 20 is mounted to the front wheel frame 10 through a connection member 70, the connection member 70 is provided with a first through hole 73 and a second through hole 74 perpendicular to each other as shown in fig. 10, one end of the second sleeve 23 is mounted in the first through hole 73, and the other end of the second sleeve 23 is mounted with the handlebar 21; the connecting member 70 is mounted to the front wheel frame 10 through the second through hole 74 such that the lateral axis of the front wheel frame 10 passes through the second through hole 74 and the lateral axis of the front wheel frame 10 is restricted from rotating relative to the second through hole 74.

In order to avoid the falling caused by unbalanced stress on two sides of the pedal 30 during turning, the pedal swinging mechanism is connected between the pedal 30 and the handlebar stem 20. As shown in fig. 4 to 9, the pedal swing mechanism includes a pedal attachment base 40 and a link plate 50 rotatably connected, the pedal attachment base 40 being installed in an end portion of the pedal 30, and the link plate 50 being connected to the connector 70.

Specifically, the end of the pedal connecting base 40 is provided with an opening 41, the opening 41 is a square hole, a square flexible member 42 tightly matched with the opening 41 is sleeved in the opening 41, the flexible member 42 is made of rubber, and the flexible member 42 is provided with a clamping groove 43 with a cross-shaped section; the end of the connecting plate 50 is provided with a chuck 51 which is matched with the clamping groove 43 and has a cross-shaped section. The clamping head 51 is clamped in the clamping groove 43, when one side of the pedal plate 30 is stressed (or the two sides of the pedal plate 30 are stressed in an unbalanced manner), the clamping head 51 can extrude the flexible part 42 to deform, so that the pedal plate connecting seat 40 can drive the pedal plate 30 to slightly rotate or slightly swing relative to the connecting plate 50, and the force is relieved or prevented from acting on the pedal plate 30. That is, the flexible member 42 is pressed by the chuck 51 to generate a damping effect, so that the pedal is balanced, and the user is prevented from falling down from the scooter when turning.

To prevent the flexible member 42 from exiting the opening 41 during use, the present invention engages a square cover 44 within the opening 41 to restrain the flexible member 42 within the opening 41.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the present invention provides a limiting structure on the connecting base 40 and the connecting plate 50 for limiting the micro-rotation or micro-swing amplitude of the pedal 30. Specifically, the method comprises the following steps. The limiting structure comprises two arc-shaped grooves 52 arranged at the end part of the connecting plate 50 and respectively positioned at two sides of the clamping head 51 and two limiting columns 45 arranged at the end part of the pedal connecting seat 40 and respectively positioned at two sides of the opening 41, and the two limiting columns 45 can respectively slide along the two arc-shaped grooves 52. The arc of the arc-shaped slot 52 is suitable for the pedal 30 to rotate or swing 5-15 degrees. Of course, the two arc-shaped slots 52 can be arranged on the end of the pedal connecting base 40, and the two limit posts 45 can be correspondingly arranged on the end of the connecting plate 50.

Because the pedal connecting base 40 drives the pedal 30 to rotate slightly or swing slightly relative to the connecting plate 50, in order to prevent the end of the pedal 30 from contacting with the end of the connecting plate 50 and scratching the end of the pedal 30 and the end of the connecting plate 50, a gasket 62 is arranged between the end of the pedal 30 and the end of the connecting plate 50 to prevent the end of the pedal 30 from contacting with the end of the connecting plate 50 in a surface-to-surface manner.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the pedal swing mechanism of the present invention further includes a spindle 60 passing through the connection between the pedal connecting seat 40 and the connecting plate 50 to make the pedal connecting seat 40 and the connecting plate 50 located on the same axis, and two bearings 61 connected to the pedal connecting seat 40 and provided on the spindle 60 for the rotation of the pedal connecting seat 40 relative to the spindle 60. That is, the spindle 60 penetrates through the footrest connecting base 40, penetrates through the center of the flexible member 42, that is, the cover 44, and penetrates into the central hole of the chuck 51, and the spindle 60 ensures that the connecting base 40 does not deviate from the connecting plate 50 when the footrest 30 is slightly rotated or swung, thereby improving the stability during turning.

The connecting plate 50 of the pedal swinging mechanism is connected to the connecting member 70 connecting the handle bar stem 20 and the front wheel frame 10, and in order to further reduce the folded size of the scooter of the present invention, the handle bar stem 20 of the present invention can be folded on the pedal 30 or pulled out from the pedal 20. Specifically, the link plate 50 is rotatably coupled to the link member 70. As shown in fig. 2, 8 and 10, the connecting plate 50 has two side walls 53, the two side walls 53 are provided with corresponding arc-shaped limiting grooves 54 which take the center of the connecting part 70 and the side wall 53 as the center of circle, and two ends of the arc-shaped limiting groove 54 are bent and extended; the connecting piece 70 is provided with a limiting shaft 71 which can slide along the arc-shaped limiting groove 54 in a penetrating way, and the limiting shaft 71 is rotatably connected with a handle 72 which can clamp or release the limiting shaft 71 to slide along the arc-shaped limiting groove 54.

The present invention bends and extends both ends of the arc-shaped restraining groove 54, so as to prevent the restraining shaft 71 from continuously sliding along the arc-shaped section of the arc-shaped restraining groove 54 under the action of external force after the handlebar stem 20 is folded or the handlebar stem 20 is unfolded, so as to restrain the handlebar stem 20 in the folded state or the unfolded state. Similarly, in order to make the limiting shaft 71 enter the arc-shaped section of the arc-shaped limiting groove 54 from the two ends of the arc-shaped limiting groove 54 to slide, the invention sets two opposite long holes 75 on the connecting piece 70, and the positions of the two long holes 75 can correspond to the bending extension ends of the arc-shaped limiting groove 54, and simultaneously make the two ends of the limiting shaft 71 respectively limited on the two long holes 75. When the handlebar stem 20 is folded, the handle 72 is pressed tightly, so that the limit shaft 71 slides to the arc-shaped section of the arc-shaped limit groove 54 along one of the bent extending ends of the long hole 75 and the arc-shaped limit groove 54, and when the limit shaft 71 slides to the other bent extending end along the arc-shaped section of the arc-shaped limit groove 54, the handle 72 is pulled, so that the limit shaft 71 slides along the other bent extending end of the long hole 75 and the arc-shaped limit groove 54 to stagger the arc-shaped section of the arc-shaped limit groove 54.

In order to further reduce the size of the scooter of the present invention after folding, the rear wheel mounted on the footrest 30 of the present invention can be folded, and specifically, a wheel folding mechanism is provided on the footrest 30, and the wheel folding mechanism can be retracted into the inner space of the footrest 30 or pulled out from the inner space of the footrest 30.

As shown in fig. 11 to 15, the wheel folding mechanism includes a wheel mounting bracket 80 and a support bracket 90 that are rotatably connected, the wheel mounting bracket 80 is used for mounting a wheel 81 (rear wheel), and the support bracket 90 is rotatably connected with the pedal 30 and the wheel mounting bracket 80. Specifically, the support frame 90 is provided with an arc groove 91 on the end face rotatably connected with the wheel mounting frame 80, the wheel mounting frame 80 is provided with a sliding column 82 capable of sliding along the arc groove 91 on the end face rotatably connected with the support frame 90, and when the wheel mounting frame 80 rotates relative to the support frame 90, the wheel 81 is driven to rotate to an open state (a state perpendicular to the ground) or a folded state (a state of being flatly placed in the pedal plate 30).

The wheel 81 is rotated from a flat state to a state vertical to the ground, that is, the wheel 81 is rotated by 90 degrees, and the radian of the arc groove 91 can be used for the wheel 81 to rotate by 90 degrees.

Further, in order to limit the wheel 81 to the opened state or the folded state, the present invention provides a limiting component on the wheel mounting bracket 80 or the supporting bracket 90 to limit the wheel 81 to the opened state or the folded state. The limiting assembly comprises two top beads 92 which are rotatably arranged on the end face of the support frame 90 and the wheel mounting frame 80 and are rotatably connected with each other, and two springs 93 which are arranged in the support frame 90 and respectively abut against the two top beads 92, wherein the top beads 92 tightly prop against the wheel mounting frame 80 under the action of the springs 93, so that the wheels 81 are kept in an opening state or a folding state. Of course, two top beads can also be arranged on the end surface of the wheel mounting frame rotatably connected with the support frame, and two springs are correspondingly arranged in the wheel mounting frame 80.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a rolling groove 83 for the top ball 92 to roll when the wheel mounting bracket 80 rotates is formed on the end surface of the wheel mounting bracket 80, three positioning slots 84 for positioning two top balls 92 are concavely formed on the rolling groove 83, and an included angle between two adjacent positioning slots 84 is 90 °, so that when the wheel 81 rotates by 90 °, an arc length of the top ball 92 rolls also corresponds to 90 °. Of course, when the top ball is arranged on the end face of the wheel mounting frame, the corresponding rolling groove is arranged on the end face of the support frame, and the positioning clamping groove is correspondingly arranged on the rolling groove on the support frame.

The wheel mount 80 of the present invention has two opposing side wings 85, and the wheel 81 is pivotally connected to the two side wings 85 by an axle 811. When the scooter is used in rainy weather, a mudguard 87 rotatably connected to the wheel mounting bracket 80 and covering the wheel 81 is provided between the side wings 85 to prevent the pedal 30 from being contaminated by mud. The fender 87 is rotatably connected to the wheel mounting bracket 80, and when a mud strikes the fender 87, the fender 87 can slightly rotate due to the rotational connection relationship, so that the striking force of the mud is buffered, and the service life of the fender 87 is prolonged. Specifically, the mudguard 87 is rotatably connected with the wheel mounting rack 80 through the pivot 88, the pivot 88 is sleeved with a first torsion spring 89, one end of the first torsion spring 89 is connected with the mudguard 87, the other end of the first torsion spring 89 abuts against the inner side of the wheel mounting rack 80, and the micro-rotation of the mudguard 87 is realized by utilizing the torsional force of the first torsion spring 89.

In order to facilitate the folding and unfolding operations of the wheel 81, the present invention rotatably connects the support frame 90 to the pedal 30 through the rotating shaft 102. When the wheel 81 is in a folded state, the wheel 81 is pulled out from the pedal 30, and at this time, the support frame 90 rotates along the rotating shaft 102, so that the support frame 90 and the wheel mounting frame 80 are separated from the pedal 30, and then the wheel rotates 90 degrees, and the wheel mounting frame 80 rotates 90 degrees relative to the support frame 90, so that the wheel is unfolded. On the contrary, when the wheel is folded, the wheel is rotated in the opposite direction by 90 degrees, so that the wheel mounting frame 80 is rotated in the opposite direction by 90 degrees relative to the support frame 90, and then the support frame 90 is rotated in the opposite direction along the rotating shaft 102, so that the wheel 81 is pushed into the pedal 30, and the folding process is completed.

In order to tightly support the support frame 90 in the pedal plate 30, the rotating shaft 102 of the present invention is further sleeved with a second torsion spring 103, one end of which is connected with the support frame 90, and the other end of which is pressed against the inner side of the pedal plate 30. By using the torque of the second torsion spring 103, when the wheel 81 is folded into the pedal 30 and the wheel is completely opened, the support frame 90 is tightly pressed against the pedal 30, so as to ensure that the scooter runs more stably.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the wheel folding mechanism of the present invention further includes a supporting shaft 100 penetrating from the inside of the wheel mounting bracket 80 to the inside of the supporting bracket 90, so that the wheel mounting bracket 80 and the supporting bracket 90 are located on the same axis, and two bearings 101 connected to the wheel mounting bracket 80 and provided for the wheel mounting bracket 80 to rotate relative to the supporting shaft 100 are disposed on the supporting shaft 100. The support shaft 100 ensures that the wheel mounting bracket 80 does not deviate from the support bracket 90 when the wheel 81 is folded or unfolded, improving reliability.

The present invention locks the wheel folding mechanism in the inner space of the footboard 30 by the locking mechanism 200 provided on the footboard 30. Specifically, as shown in fig. 3 and 15 to 18, the locking mechanism includes a button cover 201 connected to the foot board 30, a pin 202 slidably disposed on the button cover 201, and a button 203 disposed on the button cover 201, wherein the button 203 is used for driving the pin 202 to slide into the locking hole 86 of the wheel mounting bracket 80 relative to the button cover 201. When the end of the pin 202 is located in the locking hole 86 of the wheel mount 80, the wheel mount 80 is restricted from rotating relative to the support bracket 90, thereby locking the wheel folding mechanism in the inner space of the footrest 30; when the pin 202 is disengaged from the wheel mounting bracket 80, the wheel 81 can be pulled to open the wheel.

In order to enable the button 203 to drive the pin 202 to slide relative to the button cover 201, the pin 202 is provided with an inclined groove 204 along the length direction thereof, and the end part of the pin 202, which is used for extending into the locking hole 86, is provided with an inclined surface 205; the button 203 is provided with a sloping block 206 which can be inserted into the sloping groove 204 and is attached to the sloping wall of the sloping groove 204. When the button 203 is pressed, the inclined block 206 moves towards the direction of extending into the inclined groove 204, and the inclined block 206 is attached to the inclined wall of the inclined groove 204, so that the pin 202 moves perpendicular to the inclined block 206 and enters the locking hole 86 on the wheel mounting rack 80; because the end of the pin 202 extending into the locking hole 86 is the inclined surface 205, when the wheel 81 is pulled out from the pedal 30, the inclined surface 205 of the pin 202 is forced by the pulling force to slide out along the locking hole 86, so that the pin 202 is separated from the wheel mounting frame 80, and the wheel 81 can be opened.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 19, when the scooter is folded, the rear wheel is retracted into the pedal and then the handle bar vertical tube is turned, so that the scooter can be folded into the structure shown in fig. 19, the volume after folding is small, and the boxing volume is greatly reduced.

The technical principles of the present invention have been described above with reference to specific embodiments. The description is made for the purpose of illustrating the principles of the invention and should not be construed in any way as limiting the scope of the invention. Based on the explanations herein, those skilled in the art will be able to conceive of other embodiments of the present invention without inventive effort, which would fall within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a folding scooter, includes the front wheel support, with handlebar riser, the running-board of front wheel support connection, the handlebar riser can be folded on the running-board or pull out from the running-board, its characterized in that still includes:

the pedal plate swinging mechanism is connected between the pedal plate and the handlebar vertical pipe, and when one side of the pedal plate is stressed, the pedal plate is slightly rotated or slightly swung through the pedal plate swinging mechanism so as to slow down or prevent the force from acting on the pedal plate;

a wheel folding mechanism provided on the foot board and capable of being retracted into or withdrawn from an inner space of the foot board;

a connecting member; the connecting piece is used for connecting the handlebar vertical pipe and the front wheel bracket;

the connecting plate is connected with the pedal connecting seat, a clamping head matched with the clamping groove is arranged at the end part of the connecting plate, and the clamping head can extrude the flexible part to deform when one side of the pedal is stressed, so that the pedal connecting seat can drive the pedal to slightly rotate or slightly swing relative to the connecting plate; the connecting plate is rotatably connected with the connecting piece, the connecting plate is provided with two side walls, two corresponding arc-shaped limiting grooves which take the center of the connecting part of the connecting piece and the side walls as the circle center are arranged on the two side walls, and two ends of each arc-shaped limiting groove are bent and extended;

a limiting shaft capable of sliding along the arc-shaped limiting groove is arranged on the connecting piece in a penetrating mode, and a handle capable of clamping or releasing the limiting shaft to slide along the arc-shaped limiting groove is rotatably connected to the limiting shaft;

the pedal connecting seat and the connecting plate are provided with limiting structures which are matched with each other to limit the micro-rotation or micro-swing amplitude of the pedal;

the mandrel penetrates through the joint of the pedal connecting seat and the connecting plate to enable the pedal connecting seat and the connecting plate to be positioned on the same axis, and at least one bearing which is connected with the pedal connecting seat and used for enabling the pedal connecting seat to rotate relative to the mandrel is arranged on the mandrel.

2. The folding scooter of claim 1, further comprising a locking mechanism provided on the footrest for locking the wheel folding mechanism in the inner space of the footrest.

3. The folding scooter of claim 1, wherein the cross-sections of the locking groove and the locking head are cross-shaped.

4. The folding scooter of claim 1, wherein the opening is a square hole, and a cover plate for limiting the flexible member in the opening is sleeved in the opening.

5. The folding scooter of claim 1, wherein the limiting structure comprises:

6. The folding scooter of claim 5, wherein the arc-shaped groove has an arc that satisfies the requirement of 5 to 15 ° for the rotation or swinging of the foot pedal.

7. The folding scooter of claim 1, wherein a washer is disposed between the end of the pedal and the end of the link plate for preventing the end of the pedal from surface-to-surface contact with the end of the link plate.

8. The folding scooter of claim 2, wherein the wheel folding mechanism comprises:

the wheel mounting rack is used for mounting wheels;

9. The folding scooter of claim 8, wherein the limiting assembly comprises:

10. The folding scooter of claim 9, wherein a rolling groove for the top ball to roll when the wheel mounting rack rotates is further provided on the end surface of the wheel mounting rack or the support rack, and a positioning groove for positioning the top ball is concavely provided on the rolling groove.

11. The folding scooter of claim 8, wherein the wheel mounting bracket has two opposite side wings, the wheel is rotatably connected to the two side wings through a wheel shaft, and a mudguard is disposed between the two side wings, rotatably connected to the wheel mounting bracket, and shielding the wheel.

12. The folding scooter of claim 11, wherein the mudguard is rotatably connected to the wheel mounting bracket via a pivot, and the pivot is sleeved with a first torsion spring having one end connected to the mudguard and the other end abutting against the inner side of the wheel mounting bracket.

13. The folding scooter of claim 8, wherein the support frame is rotatably connected to the pedal plate via a rotating shaft, and a second torsion spring is further sleeved on the rotating shaft, one end of the second torsion spring is connected to the support frame, and the other end of the second torsion spring abuts against the inner side of the pedal plate.

14. The folding scooter of any one of claims 8-13, wherein the wheel folding mechanism further comprises a support shaft passing through the wheel mount to the support frame, the support shaft being located on the same axis as the wheel mount and the support frame, the support shaft being provided with at least one bearing connected to the wheel mount for allowing the wheel mount to rotate relative to the support shaft.

15. The folding scooter of claim 14, wherein the locking mechanism comprises:

the button cover is connected with the pedal;

the pin is arranged on the button cover in a sliding and penetrating manner;