CN111319707A - Folding mechanism and folding scooter - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a folding mechanism and a folding scooter, wherein the folding mechanism comprises: a first support and a second support hinged to be able to switch a first state and a second state; the first connecting rod is hinged with the second support and used for locking the first support and the second support in a first state; the linkage safety component comprises a second connecting rod, a linkage component and a sliding block, wherein the linkage component and the sliding block are arranged on the first support; a first space in sliding connection with the sliding block is arranged in the first support, and a second space in sliding connection with the sliding block is arranged in the second support; in the first state, the sliding block is connected with the first space and the second space; in the second state, the slider is connected only to the first space. According to the folding mechanism, the linkage safety component and the first connecting rod form a double-safety structure, so that the safety of the folding mechanism can be improved, and the user is prevented from being injured.

Description

Folding mechanism and folding scooter

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of folding devices, in particular to a folding mechanism and a folding scooter.

Background

With the development of science and technology, more and more foldable products have entered our lives, and are convenient to store, carry and transport. Daily foldable products widely relate to travel tools, medical products, fitness products and the like, for example, foldable travel tools include foldable bicycles, foldable scooters, foldable balance cars and the like. In use, the folding mechanism of the foldable product has a problem of abrasion, and general consumers cannot timely realize the problem of damage of parts caused by abrasion, so that the consumers are easily injured in the process of using the foldable product.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks and deficiencies of the prior art, it is desirable to provide a folding mechanism and a folding scooter.

In a first aspect, the present invention provides a folding mechanism comprising: a first support and a second support hinged to be able to switch a first state and a second state;

the first connecting rod is hinged with the second support and used for locking the first support and the second support in the first state; and the number of the first and second groups,

the linkage safety component comprises a second connecting rod, a linkage component and a sliding block, wherein the linkage component and the sliding block are arranged on the first support, one end of the second connecting rod is hinged with the first connecting rod, the other end of the second connecting rod is hinged with the first support, one end of the linkage component is connected with the second connecting rod, and the other end of the linkage component is in transmission connection with the sliding block;

a first space in sliding connection with the sliding block is arranged in the first support, and a second space in sliding connection with the sliding block is arranged in the second support;

in the first state, the slider connects the first space and the second space; in the second state, the slider is connected only to the first space.

Preferably, the first space comprises a first groove and the first groove has a first opening, the second space comprises a second groove and the second groove has a second opening;

in the first state, the first opening is over against the second opening, the first groove and the second groove are butted and folded to form a cavity, and the sliding block is clamped in the cavity;

in the second state, the sliding block is located in the first groove and separated from the second groove.

Preferably, the sliding block is connected with the first support in a sliding manner along the axial direction of the first opening;

when the first opening and the second opening are arranged just opposite to each other, the first connecting rod is matched with the second connecting rod, so that the sliding block can move along the axial direction of the second opening.

Preferably, one of the inner wall of the first groove and the surface of the sliding block is provided with a first sliding groove, the other of the inner wall of the first groove and the surface of the sliding block is provided with a first sliding rail, and the sliding block is in sliding connection with the first support through the matching of the first sliding groove and the second sliding rail.

Preferably, the cross section of the first sliding chute and the cross section of the first sliding rail are both in a dovetail shape; or the section of the first sliding groove is C-shaped, and the section of the first sliding rail is I-shaped.

Preferably, the first sliding groove is formed in the surface of the sliding block, and a second sliding rail matched with the first sliding groove is arranged on the inner wall of the second groove; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the surface of sliding block is equipped with first slide rail, the inner wall of second recess be equipped with first slide rail matched with second spout.

Preferably, one side of the sliding block is provided with a rack structure;

the linkage assembly includes: the gear rack structure comprises a gear rack, a first gear meshed with the gear rack and a second gear meshed with the gear rack structure, wherein the second gear and the first gear rotate coaxially and synchronously, and the radius of the second gear is larger than that of the first gear;

one end, far away from the sliding block, of the rack is movably connected with the second connecting rod, the second connecting rod is matched with the first connecting rod to enable the rack to move, and the moving direction of the rack is perpendicular to the axial direction of the first opening.

Preferably, a rack sliding groove for mounting the rack is formed in the first support, and the extending direction of the rack sliding groove is perpendicular to the axial direction of the first opening;

still have an accommodation space in the first support, a pivot has been erect in the accommodation space, first gear with the second gear is located in the accommodation space and respectively the rigid coupling in the pivot, the pivot is located first open-ended terminal surface place plane with between the rack spout place plane.

Preferably, the sliding block is provided with the one side of rack structure still is concavely provided with the third recess, the length direction of rack structure is on a parallel with the axial direction of first opening on the width direction of rack structure, the third recess with the rack structure sets up side by side, in first state, the rack is close to the one end of sliding block is located in the third recess.

Preferably, the linkage safety assembly further comprises a compression spring disposed in the first groove, and an axial direction of the compression spring is parallel to an axial direction of the first opening.

In a second aspect, the invention further provides a foldable scooter, which comprises a scooter body and the folding mechanism; scooter body includes: handlebar, pole setting, front fork, front wheel, footboard and rear wheel, the front wheel rotate connect in the front fork, the front fork through draw bar to one side with the footboard front end links to each other, the rear fork is installed to the footboard rear end, the rear wheel rotate connect in the rear fork, the one end of pole setting is connected the middle part of handlebar, the pole setting is kept away from the one end of handlebar is passed through folding mechanism with the front fork is connected.

Preferably, one end of the upright rod, which is far away from the handlebar, is fixedly connected with a first support of the folding mechanism, and the front fork is fixedly connected with a second support of the folding mechanism;

in the first state of the folding mechanism, the upright stanchion is abutted and supported above the front fork; in the second state of the folding mechanism, the upright stanchion inclines to one side of the pedal.

Compared with the prior art, when the folding mechanism provided by the embodiment of the invention is unfolded for use, the sliding block in the linkage safety component is connected with the first support and the second support to form a double-safety structure while the first support and the second support are locked by the first connecting rod, and the first support and the second support are fastened in an auxiliary manner through the sliding block under the condition that the hinged part of the first support and the second support is worn or the locking function of the first connecting rod fails, so that the safety of the folding mechanism can be improved, and the user is prevented from being injured.

Furthermore, the sliding block is correspondingly slid through the movement of the rack in the linkage assembly, so that the folding mechanism can quickly form a double-safety structure when being unfolded for use.

Furthermore, the sliding block can stably move relative to the first support by arranging the first sliding groove and the first sliding rail which are matched with each other.

Drawings

Other features, objects and advantages of the invention will become more apparent upon reading of the detailed description of non-limiting embodiments made with reference to the following drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a folding mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a sliding block is not illustrated;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a folding mechanism in a first state according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a folding mechanism in a second state according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a folding mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a sliding block is connected to a first support only;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view illustrating a linkage safety assembly of the folding mechanism connected to a first support according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a linkage assembly of the folding mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a connection between a rack and a second link in the folding mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a folding mechanism in a first state according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a folding mechanism provided in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention in a second state;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a folding mechanism according to another embodiment of the present invention, in which a sliding block is connected to only a first support;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of the folding scooter provided in the embodiment of the present invention in an unfolded state;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural view of the folding scooter provided by the embodiment of the invention in a folding state.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the relevant invention and not restrictive of the invention. It should be noted that, for convenience of description, only the portions related to the present invention are shown in the drawings.

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, an embodiment of the present invention provides a folding mechanism, including: a first support 11 and a second support 12 hinged to be able to switch a first state and a second state;

a first link 13 hinged to the second seat 12 for locking the first seat 11 and the second seat 12 in the first state; and the number of the first and second groups,

the linkage safety component comprises a second connecting rod 14, a linkage component 15 and a sliding block 16, wherein the linkage component 15 and the sliding block 16 are arranged on the first support 11, one end of the second connecting rod 14 is hinged with the first connecting rod 13, the other end of the second connecting rod is hinged with the first support 11, one end of the linkage component 15 is connected with the second connecting rod 14, and the other end of the linkage component is in transmission connection with the sliding block 16;

first holder 11 has a first space slidably connected to slide block 16, and second holder 12 has a second space slidably connected to slide block 16.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, a plane on which the first link 13 swings is set as a first plane;

referring to fig. 2, in the folding mechanism of the present embodiment, in the first state, the orthographic projection of the second link 14 in the first plane overlaps the projection of the first link 13 in the first plane, the sliding block 16 connects the first space and the second space, thereby connecting the first support 11 and the second support 12, the first support 11 and the second support 12 are in the locked state, and accordingly, the folded product including the folding mechanism is in the unfolded state.

Referring to fig. 3, the folding mechanism of the present embodiment is in the second state, in which the second link 14 is offset from the first link 13, the sliding block 16 connects only the first space, and the first support 11 and the second support 12 are in the open state, and accordingly the folded product including the folding mechanism is in the folded state.

Wherein for example the first link 13 is preferably a buckle wrench, the first support 11 is provided with a buckle, one end of the buckle wrench is hinged to the second support 12, and in the first state the buckle wrench connects the buckle to lock the first support 11 and the second support 12.

In the present embodiment, the first holder 11, the second holder 12, the first link 13, and the second link 14 form a four-bar linkage. In the process of switching from the second state to the first state, the second link 14 rotates around one end of the second link 14 hinged to the first link 13, the second link 14 and the first link 13 change from a staggered state to an overlapped state, the second link 14 applies force to the linkage assembly 15 in the moving process, and the linkage assembly 15 drives the sliding block 16 to switch from the state of only connecting the first support 11 to the state of connecting the first support 11 and the second support 12. That is, when the first link 13 is locked, the sliding block 16 locks the first support 11 and the second support 12, so as to form a double-safety structure, and when the four-bar linkage fails (for example, the hinge of the first support 11 and the second support 12 is worn or the locking function of the first link 13 fails), the safety of the folding mechanism can be effectively improved, thereby avoiding injury of users.

Further, the first space includes a first groove 111 and the first groove 111 has a first opening 112, the second space includes a second groove 121 and the second groove 121 has a second opening 122;

in the first state, the first opening 112 faces the second opening 122, the first groove 111 and the second groove 121 are butted and folded to form a cavity, and the sliding block 16 is clamped in the cavity;

in the second state, the slide block 16 is located in the first groove 111 and separated from the second groove 121.

In the first state, the sliding block 16 is engaged in the cavity formed by the first groove 111 and the second groove 121, and the sliding block 16 plays a role of assisting in locking the first support 11 and the second support 12 on the basis of locking the first support 11 and the second support 12 by the first link 13.

Further, the slide block 16 is slidably connected to the first support 11 along the axial direction of the first opening 112; when the first opening 112 and the second opening 122 are arranged to face each other, the first link 13 and the second link 14 are engaged with each other so that the slide block 16 can move in the axial direction of the second opening 122.

For example, the sliding block 16 is a rectangular sliding block, the first groove 111 and the second groove 121 are both rectangular grooves, the size of the first opening 112 is completely consistent with that of the second opening 122, the depth of the first groove 111 can be different from that of the second groove 121, and in this embodiment, the depth of the second groove 111 is preferably smaller than that of the first groove 111, so as to reduce the stroke of the sliding block 16 sliding into/out of the second groove 121 as much as possible.

When the first opening 112 and the second opening 122 are aligned, the axial direction of the second opening 122 coincides with the axial direction of the first opening 112, and with reference to fig. 4, the first link 13 is shifted according to the direction a in fig. 4, the sliding block 16 slides out of the second groove 121, the first link 13 is shifted according to the direction B in fig. 4, and the sliding block 16 enters the second groove 121.

Furthermore, one of the inner wall of the first groove 111 and the surface of the sliding block 16 is provided with a first sliding groove, and the other of the inner wall of the first groove and the surface of the sliding block 16 is provided with a first sliding rail, and the sliding block 16 is slidably connected with the first support 11 through the cooperation of the first sliding groove and the first sliding rail. The first slide groove and the first slide rail each extend in the axial direction of the first opening 112, so that the slide block 16 can stably slide in the axial direction of the first opening 112.

Furthermore, the section of the first sliding chute and the section of the first sliding rail are both in a dovetail shape; or the section of the first sliding groove is C-shaped, and the section of the first sliding rail is I-shaped.

Further, a first sliding groove is formed in the surface of the sliding block 16, a first sliding rail is arranged on the inner wall of the first groove 111, and a second sliding rail matched with the first sliding groove is arranged on the inner wall of the second groove 121; or, the surface of the sliding block 16 is provided with a first sliding rail, the inner wall of the first groove 111 is provided with a first sliding groove, and the inner wall of the second groove 121 is provided with a second sliding groove matched with the first sliding rail. By such design, not only can the sliding block 16 be guided to move stably, but also in the first state, the sliding block 16 is connected with the first sliding rail through the first sliding groove, the sliding block 16 is connected with the second support 12 through the first sliding groove, and if the four-bar linkage mechanism fails, the function of fastening the sliding block with the first support and the second support can be further enhanced.

Further, as shown in fig. 5 to 7, one surface of the sliding block 16 is provided with a rack structure 161;

the linkage assembly 15 includes: a rack 151, a first gear 152 meshing with the rack 151 and a second gear 153 meshing with a rack structure 161, the second gear 153 rotating coaxially and synchronously with the first gear 152, the second gear 153 having a radius larger than that of the first gear 152, fig. 6 being understood as a schematic view from the right side to the left side of fig. 5, the second gear 153 concealing the first gear in fig. 5 accordingly;

one end of the rack 151, which is far away from the sliding block 16, is movably connected with the second link 14, the second link 14 is matched with the first link 13 to enable the rack 151 to move, and the moving direction of the rack 151 is perpendicular to the axial direction of the first opening 112.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 7, a hook 154 is disposed at an end of the rack 151 away from the sliding block 16, a notch is disposed on the second connecting rod 14, and a locking block 155 engaged with the hook 154 is connected in the notch. Referring to fig. 4 and 5, for example, the first link 13 and the second link 14 are shifted in the direction B in fig. 4, the hook 154 on the end side of the rack 151 is engaged with the block 155 on the second link 14, accordingly, the rack 151 moves to the left in fig. 5, and the slide block 16 slides into the second groove 121; for example, the first link 13 and the second link 14 are shifted in the direction a in fig. 4, the hook on the rack 151 is engaged with the block 155 on the second link 14, the second link 14 rotates in the direction a, correspondingly, the rack 151 is driven to move to the right in fig. 5, the sliding block 16 gradually slides out of the second groove 121, after the second link 14 rotates by a certain angle, the hook 154 is disengaged from the block on the second link 14, that is, the second link 14 is disengaged from the rack 151, and the sliding block 16 is also disengaged from the second groove 121; the second link 14 and the first link 13 are further rotated in the direction a to switch to the configuration in the second state illustrated in fig. 3.

The first end 141 of the second connecting rod 14 is hinged to the first support 11, and the second end 142 of the second connecting rod 14 is hinged to the first connecting rod 13, with reference to fig. 2, in the first state, the hinge point between the second end 142 and the first connecting rod 13 is located above the hinge point between the first end 141 and the first support 11; referring to fig. 3, in the second state, the hinge point of the second end 142 and the first link 13 is located at the right side of the hinge point of the first end 141 and the first support 11.

Further, a rack sliding groove for mounting the rack 151 is arranged on the first support 11, and the extending direction of the rack sliding groove is perpendicular to the axial direction of the first opening 112;

the first support 11 further has an accommodating space, a rotating shaft is erected in the accommodating space, the first gear 152 and the second gear 153 are located in the accommodating space and are respectively and fixedly connected to the rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft is located between a plane where the end surface of the first opening 112 is located and a plane where the rack sliding groove is located. Referring to fig. 4 and 5, when the first link 13 is shifted in the direction B in fig. 4, the second link 14 and the first link 13 tend to overlap from a staggered state, the second link 14 pushes the rack 151 to move toward the sliding block 16, and in fig. 5, the rack moves to the left, so that the first gear 152 engaged with the rack 152 rotates counterclockwise, and correspondingly rotates counterclockwise with the second gear 153, thereby driving the sliding block 16 to move into the second groove 121.

Referring to fig. 4, the first link 13 is shifted in the direction a, the second link 14 is gradually staggered from the first link 13, the second link 14 drives the rack 151 to move in the direction away from the sliding block 16, the rack moves to the right in fig. 5, and the first gear 152 meshed with the rack 151 rotates clockwise and correspondingly rotates clockwise with the second gear 153, so as to drive the sliding block 16 to move into the first groove 111 until the sliding block is separated from the second groove 121. Then, the user can manually pull the second link 14 to rotate the first holder 11 in a direction away from the second holder 12, thereby switching to the configuration in the second state illustrated in fig. 3.

Further, a third groove 162 is further concavely formed on the side of the sliding block 16 where the rack structure 161 is disposed, the length direction of the rack structure 161 is parallel to the axial direction of the first opening 112, the third groove 162 is disposed in parallel with the rack structure 161 in the width direction of the rack structure 161, and in the first state, one end of the rack 151 close to the sliding block 16 is located in the third groove 162.

When the first state is switched to the second state, the rack moves to the right side in fig. 5, and the sliding block 16 slides out of the second groove 121; when the second state is switched to the first state, the rack moves to the left in fig. 5, and the sliding block 16 enters the second groove 121. The rack 151 is mounted on the first support 11, and in order to ensure the moving stroke of the sliding block 16, a rack with a certain length needs to be designed, and a bar-shaped notch 162 is designed on the sliding block 16, so that the interference between the rack 151 and the sliding block 16 can be avoided.

Fig. 8 to 10 are schematic structural views of a folding mechanism according to another embodiment of the present invention. On the basis of the folding structure illustrated in fig. 1 to 7, the interlocking safety assembly of the folding mechanism provided by this embodiment further includes a compression spring 17 disposed in the first groove 111, and an axial direction of the compression spring 17 is parallel to an axial direction of the first opening 112.

Referring to fig. 8, the folding mechanism provided in this embodiment is in the first state, and the first link 13 and the sliding block 16 form a double safety structure to lock the first seat 11 and the second seat 12, and accordingly, the folded product including the folding mechanism is in the unfolded state.

Referring to fig. 9, the folding mechanism provided in this embodiment is in the second state, the sliding block 16 is connected to only the first support 11, and the first support 11 and the second support 12 are in the open state, and accordingly the folded product containing the folding mechanism is in the folded state.

In this embodiment, it is preferable that the compression spring 17 is in a natural state in the first state, which ensures that the sliding block 16 plays a role of locking the first seat 11 and the second seat 12 in the first state;

preferably, the compression spring 17 is in a compressed state in the second state, and during the process of switching the compression spring 17 from the natural state to the compressed state in the second state, the distance moved by the compression spring 17 is smaller than the distance moved by the sliding block 16 during the process of switching the sliding block 16 from the first state to the second state, that is, during the process of switching the sliding block 16 from the first state to the second state, the sliding block 16 moves for a certain idle stroke and then contacts the compression spring 17, and during the process of switching the sliding block 16 from the first state to the second state, the sliding block 16 is in compressive contact with the compression spring 17, so that the sliding block 16 is prevented from shaking in the second state, and the sliding block 16 is stably connected to the first.

Referring to fig. 10, when the first link 13 and the second link 14 are shifted in the direction C of fig. 10, the sliding block 16 moves toward the second groove 121, and generally moves until the sliding block 16 contacts the bottom of the second groove 121. When the sliding block 16 moves toward the second groove 121, the elastic restoring force of the compression spring 17 can assist the sliding block 16 to move toward the second groove while the sliding block 16 is in contact with the compression spring 17.

As shown in fig. 11 and 12, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a foldable scooter, including a scooter body and a folding mechanism provided in the foregoing embodiment; scooter body includes: the folding bicycle comprises a handlebar 21, a vertical rod 22, a front fork 23, a front wheel 24, a pedal 25 and a rear wheel 26, wherein the front wheel 24 is rotatably connected to the front fork 23, the front fork 23 is connected with the front end of the pedal 25 through a diagonal rod 27, the rear end of the pedal 25 is provided with the rear fork 28, the rear wheel 26 is rotatably connected to the rear fork 28, one end of the vertical rod 22 is connected with the middle part of the handlebar 21, one end of the vertical rod 22, which is far away from the handlebar 21, is connected with the front fork 23 through the folding mechanism, and referring to fig. 11, the folding mechanism is.

This embodiment provides a folding scooter, through folding mechanism connection pole and front fork, when folding mechanism is in the first state, refer to fig. 11, pole 22 supports on front fork 23, and this folding scooter of correspondence is in the expansion state that can be slided and use by the user. This folding mechanism has the dual fail-safe function, and in the first state, the first link of folding mechanism links sliding block locking first support and second support when realizing locking, forms the dual fail-safe structure, under the condition that aforementioned four-bar linkage became invalid, can effectively improve this folding mechanism's security to improve folding scooter and be avoided the user injured by the security when being used by the user cunning.

Furthermore, one end of the upright rod 22 far away from the handlebar 21 is fixedly connected with the first support 11 of the folding mechanism, and the front fork 23 is fixedly connected with the second support 12 of the folding mechanism; in the first state of the folding mechanism, with reference to fig. 11, the upright 22 rests against and supports above the front fork 21; in the second state of the folding mechanism, referring to fig. 12, the upright 22 is inclined toward the side where the pedal 25 is located, thereby folding and storing the scooter.

Except that above-mentioned folding scooter, above-mentioned folding mechanism can also be applied to other folding products, for example folding instrument of riding instead of walk or folding medical instrument etc. contains the folding product of above-mentioned folding mechanism and when expanding the use, forms dual fail-safe structure through linkage insurance subassembly and first connecting rod, effectively improves the security of folding product.

The terms "above," "left," "right," and the like, as used herein, are used in the sense of referring to the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are used for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

The foregoing description is only exemplary of the preferred embodiments of the invention and is illustrative of the principles of the technology employed. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the scope of the invention is not limited to the specific combination of the above-mentioned features, but also encompasses other embodiments in which any combination of the above-mentioned features or their equivalents is possible without departing from the inventive concept. For example, the above features and (but not limited to) features having similar functions disclosed in the present invention are mutually replaced to form the technical solution.

Claims (12)

1. A folding mechanism, comprising:

a first support and a second support hinged to be able to switch a first state and a second state;

the first connecting rod is hinged with the second support and used for locking the first support and the second support in the first state; and the number of the first and second groups,

the linkage safety component comprises a second connecting rod, a linkage component and a sliding block, wherein the linkage component and the sliding block are arranged on the first support, one end of the second connecting rod is hinged with the first connecting rod, the other end of the second connecting rod is hinged with the first support, one end of the linkage component is connected with the second connecting rod, and the other end of the linkage component is in transmission connection with the sliding block;

a first space in sliding connection with the sliding block is arranged in the first support, and a second space in sliding connection with the sliding block is arranged in the second support;

in the first state, the slider connects the first space and the second space; in the second state, the slider is connected only to the first space.

2. The folding mechanism of claim 1 wherein said first space includes a first recess and said first recess has a first opening, said second space includes a second recess and said second recess has a second opening;

in the first state, the first opening is over against the second opening, the first groove and the second groove are butted and folded to form a cavity, and the sliding block is clamped in the cavity;

in the second state, the sliding block is located in the first groove and separated from the second groove.

3. The folding mechanism of claim 2 wherein said sliding block is slidably connected to said first support in an axial direction of said first opening;

when the first opening and the second opening are arranged just opposite to each other, the first connecting rod is matched with the second connecting rod, so that the sliding block can move along the axial direction of the second opening.

4. A folding mechanism according to claim 3, wherein one of the inner wall of said first groove and the surface of said sliding block is provided with a first sliding groove, and the other of said inner wall of said first groove and the surface of said sliding block is provided with a first sliding rail, and said sliding block is slidably connected to said first support via the cooperation of said first sliding groove and said second sliding rail.

5. The folding mechanism of claim 4 wherein the cross section of the first sliding slot and the cross section of the first sliding track are both dovetail shaped; or the section of the first sliding groove is C-shaped, and the section of the first sliding rail is I-shaped.

6. The folding mechanism of claim 4 or 5, wherein the surface of the sliding block is provided with the first sliding groove, and the inner wall of the second groove is provided with a second sliding rail matched with the first sliding groove; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the surface of sliding block is equipped with first slide rail, the inner wall of second recess be equipped with first slide rail matched with second spout.

7. The folding mechanism of claim 3,

one side of the sliding block is provided with a rack structure;

the linkage assembly includes: the gear rack structure comprises a gear rack, a first gear meshed with the gear rack and a second gear meshed with the gear rack structure, wherein the second gear and the first gear rotate coaxially and synchronously, and the radius of the second gear is larger than that of the first gear;

one end, far away from the sliding block, of the rack is movably connected with the second connecting rod, the second connecting rod is matched with the first connecting rod to enable the rack to move, and the moving direction of the rack is perpendicular to the axial direction of the first opening.

8. The folding mechanism of claim 7 wherein the first support is provided with a rack runner for mounting the rack, and the rack runner extends in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the first opening;

still have an accommodation space in the first support, a pivot has been erect in the accommodation space, first gear with the second gear is located in the accommodation space and respectively the rigid coupling in the pivot, the pivot is located first open-ended terminal surface place plane with between the rack spout place plane.

9. A folding mechanism according to claim 7, characterized in that the side of the sliding block provided with the rack structure is further recessed with a third groove, the length direction of the rack structure is parallel to the axial direction of the first opening, the third groove is juxtaposed to the rack structure in the width direction of the rack structure, and in the first state, the end of the rack adjacent to the sliding block is located in the third groove.

10. The folding mechanism of claim 3 wherein said ganged safety assembly further comprises a compression spring disposed within said first recess, an axial direction of said compression spring being parallel to an axial direction of said first opening.

11. A folding scooter, characterized in that, comprising a scooter body and a folding mechanism according to any one of claims 1-10; scooter body includes: handlebar, pole setting, front fork, front wheel, footboard and rear wheel, the front wheel rotate connect in the front fork, the front fork through draw bar to one side with the footboard front end links to each other, the rear fork is installed to the footboard rear end, the rear wheel rotate connect in the rear fork, the one end of pole setting is connected the middle part of handlebar, the pole setting is kept away from the one end of handlebar is passed through folding mechanism with the front fork is connected.

12. The folding scooter of claim 11, wherein an end of the upright, remote from the handlebar, is fixedly connected to a first support of the folding mechanism, and the front fork is fixedly connected to a second support of the folding mechanism;

in the first state of the folding mechanism, the upright stanchion is abutted and supported above the front fork; in the second state of the folding mechanism, the upright stanchion inclines to one side of the pedal.

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