KR20060119683A - Proportional Steering Walk Vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

A proportional steering walking vehicle is provided to steer a travel unit easily, and to drive the vehicle conveniently by automatically adjusting the steering direction and the steering angle and moving the center of gravity. A proportional steering walking vehicle includes a swinging unit(1000) vertically placed on the ground to adjust distance between left and right sides of the swinging unit, a travel unit formed in a lower part of the swinging unit, and a steering unit steering the travel unit. The proportional steering unit is proportionally operated to steer forward in front of the travel unit, not to steer in operating with the other travel unit in parallel and to inversely steer in a rear part of the travel unit. The proportional steering unit has an operation unit tilting the swinging unit to the right and the left according to the center of gravity of a passenger, and an inclined proportional steering unit(3400) proportionally steering according to front and rear inclination of the swinging unit based on the position of the swinging unit.

Description

Proportional Steering Vehicle {omitted}

Figure 1 is a simplified representation, (a) the present applicant (walking vehicle), (b) is another form

Figure 2 is a simplified view from above, when the left and right driving means (dr) on both sides of the vehicle sliding the distance back and forth by moving the vehicle (a) the right traveling means advances from the front to the rear; (B) the traveling means on both sides are parallel; (C) The right traveling means shifts position backwards;

Fig. 3 is a simplified view from above, in which the driving means on either side of the left and right sides shifts the position between the front and the rear and steers / propulses to the left or the right.

Fig. 4 is a coupling diagram when the vehicle is steered to the right in Figs. 2 and 3; (B) no steering in the middle; (C) In the rear, steering is to the left and the vehicle is steered to the right as a whole.

Fig. 5 is a simplified representation in which the steering is proportionally steered using the front and rear inclination angles of the left and right sides of the first application pedestrian swing means; (B) per row in FIG. 4 (b) above; (C) corresponds to FIG. 4 (c) above; (D) shows an angle change with the ground according to the front and rear positions of the rocking means; (E) is the angle at which both sides of the swinging means meet (side by side)

6 is an inclined proportional truck means 3410, where (a) is an upper left side view, a lower left side, a front view, a lower side view, and a side view. Parallel wheels) shown in dashed lines; (B) is a perspective view; (C) shows a simplified configuration of the fork means (3412) of the inclined proportional truck means and the bearing means (3411) is pivot joint (pv), (D) the wheel (wl) to the bearing means (3411) ) Are each equipped

Fig. 7 shows a walking vehicle with the inclined proportional truck means 3410 placed on the ground. (A) The upper view shows the steering direction of the bearing means 3411 when the left and right sides lay on the ground. Steering direction of the bearing means 3411 when standing; (B) is a front view of the case where the driving means (or the parallel type wheel or the inclined proportional truck means) on both sides of the swinging means are standing upright on the ground and are different from each other. Omits only and shows only the bearing means 3411 pivoted below and pivot joint pv; (C) indicates the steering direction of the bearing means (3411) when the oscillating means is positioned forward and inclined to either side

Fig. 8 shows that (a) the length of each side of the oscillating means can be adjusted by the stretching means (et) when the first application vehicle is tilted to the left and right. (B) is an example of the expansion means-using a spring (sp) to give some resistance when the swing means are inclined to the left and right, and after the length adjustment can help the original return of the expansion means; (C) adapts when tilted to the left and right sides of the swing means using a plurality of refractive means; (D) can achieve harmonization of the driving means dr on both sides by using the direction restraining means in the applicant's application (direction restraint walking vehicle).

With respect to the applicant's prior application (application date 2004. 05, walking vehicle) and application date 2004. 05, walking vehicle with ease of steering, etc.,

In FIG. 1, the walking vehicle includes a refraction means 1100 for refracting the rocking means 1000 and the rocking means so as to oscillate each of the left and right sides of the rocking means and a footboard 3000 provided under each rocking means. The footboard includes a driving means dr for contacting with the ground and optionally the swinging means, such as a foot pad 3100 on which a passenger's foot is placed, and a wheel assembly 3200 equipped with wheels (wl) or one-way rotary wheels. A rocking angle limiting means 2000 for restricting rocking (or unfolding) is provided, and the footboard is connected to a pivot joint means at each lower side of the rocking means so that the foot pad can be steered left and right by the foot pad. Or

In other cases, as shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle body (bd) of the vehicle slides left and right, and the distance between the left and right (L, R) side boards (or between driving means) can vary.

By turning the driving means dr to the left and right to steer, or to move forward and backward / left and right to use the general walking or skating type of walking, where the skating walking method is one driving means (dr) is pushed toward the front side and the other driving means (dr) is pushed toward the rear side, in order for the operation to proceed without unreasonable angles to the left and right between the driving means (dr) is important and to maintain the angle To do this requires a certain skill of the occupant.

In the present applicant's application (Application No. 10-2003-0053935, direction-restricted walking vehicle), if the angle of the footboard or the driving means dr on one side is adjusted, the turning angle of the driving means dr on the other side is automatically restrained. It is possible to comfortably maintain the angle of both the driving means (dr), and to this one advances (e.g. 1-1-2003-5152678-34, caster walking vehicle) in the caster using the caster by foot to the driving means ( The angle is automatically adjusted by only pushing the dr).

The present application provides another embodiment of the above-mentioned application for automatically adjusting the turning (or steering) of the driving means (dr), and also enables more advanced steering and propulsion means so that the driving means (dr) is forward, To provide a means for fully automatic adjustment of the required angle change when it is in the middle, rear or in between, and specifically to provide an embodiment by the left and right center of gravity movement of the occupant, Fully automatic processing of the angle of the footpad to the left and right by the occupant's foot for steering or propulsion is more easily and efficiently, so that the occupant does not care about maintaining the angle at all and the vehicle is drastically and easily. Even beginners who are inexperienced in skating can quickly become accustomed to steering by driving the vehicle. In addition to easily and makes it easier to generate the momentum of skating style, allowing anyone to easily enjoy without arduous training.

As described above, the applicant and the like, the oscillating means standing on the ground and each lower side of the oscillating means can change the distance between each other, and the steering means provided with each driving means (dr) below the oscillating means and steering the driving means. A buckle having a pair of traveling means capable of varying mutual distances, including a walking vehicle provided with means, comprising the following proportional steering means to achieve the above object.

Forward steering when the driving means dr is steered from the front; Steering without steering in parallel with other driving means; When the steering operation in the rear is provided with a proportional steering means that is proportionally steered at the rate of reverse steering,

Means for steering operation by moving the center of the occupant as an example of the proportional steering means;

According to the front and rear position of each side of the swing means may be provided with means for causing the steering operation to be proportional steering,

In FIG. 3, an operation example of the proportional steering means will be described in brief. The occupant riding the vehicle moves the center of gravity to perform the steering operation. The proportional steering ratio indicates that the occupant moves the center movement to the right (R). When steering the driving means by moving to, ⓐ forward steering by turning the angle to the right in front (F); Ⓒ without steering in the middle located parallel with other driving means, without steering; Ⓔ in the rear (B) is turned to the left to reverse steering; Meanwhile, ⓑ and ⓓ are intermediate processes in which the steering angle is changed,

When the occupant moves the center movement to the left (L) to steer the driving means, the steering is steered by turning the angle to the left in front of ⓐ '; Ⓒ 'Non-steer, not steered in the middle alongside other driving means; Ⓔ'In reverse steering, turning to the right; Meanwhile, ⓑ 'and ⓓ' becomes an intermediate process in which the steering angle is changed,

In FIG. 4, the driving means dr and the occupant are respectively provided on the left and right sides L and R of the vehicle body bd of FIG. Move the center of gravity

When the traveling means dr on the right side R moves from the front side F to the rear side B, the traveling means dr rotates to the right side in the front side F as shown in (a). The steering steering state of FIG. 3; In the middle, such as (b) it becomes ⓒ no steering plaque; As shown in (C), in the rear side (B), ⓔ is reverse steered to the left.

When the driving means on the left side (L) moves forward from the rear (dr) (a) in the rear, ⓔ reverse clause; (B) ⓒ no steering in the middle, and ⓐ forward steering in the front, the vehicle as a whole turns right.

In the case of a vehicle using the applicant's first application rocking means, the proportional steering means comprises: means for steering the rocking means by tilting the rocking means with the center movement;

It may be provided with an inclined proportional steering means 3400, the proportional steering by the front and rear inclination of each side of the rocking means according to the forward and backward position of each side of the rocking means,

In FIG. 5, the driving means dr is moved back and forth (F, B) by swinging the swing means left and right (L, R) side as shown in FIG. 4. The occupant pushes and pulls the foot pad, for example, the right footboard. In case of located in front of (a); (B) located in the middle and parallel to the other footboard; (C) It is located in the rear and changes its position,

In this case, the steering means is operated by the left and right center movement of the occupant as described above and the proportional steering is performed according to the front and rear position changes of the traveling means dr. This is inclined to the left and right, and in (d) at the forward and backward positions and (e) of the traveling means dr by the front and rear inclination angles θ F and θ B due to the front and rear position variations of each side of the swing means 1000 in (d). The position of the middle (90 °) is recognized and proportionally steered by the inclination due to the front and rear inclination angles.

The inclined proportional steering means (3400) is a driving means for maintaining horizontal to the left and right; Inclined proportional truck means 3410 connecting the traveling means to the oscillating means; An inclination operation means for tilting the swing means left and right, wherein the inclined proportional truck means 3410 steers the traveling means left and right by the swing means left and right tilt operation; As a specific example of the proportional steering by the front and rear inclination of each side of the rocking means,

The inclined manipulating means is a foot pad provided at each lower side of the oscillating means or in the inclined proportional truck means 3410; The traveling means is a parallel wheel; The inclined proportional truck means 3410 may include the bearing means 3411 and the bearing means 3411 of the parallel wheel axle in the front-rear direction of the swinging means below or to the inclined proportional truck means. In one embodiment with a drawing as to be provided with a pivot joint (pv) means (the first application is pivot joint to the lower end of the swing means),

In Fig. 6, the parallel wheels wl are pivotally coupled to both ends of the wheel shaft bearing means 3411 (by a pin joint, etc.), and the middle of the bearing means 3411 is in the front-rear direction of the lower side of the swing means. Pivot joint (pv) so that the oscillating means is inclined from side to side with respect to the bearing means (3411),

As shown in (a) and (b), the inclined proportional truck means 3410 includes fork means 3412 for pivot jointing (pv) the bearing means 3411 in the front and rear directions below the bearing 3411 and the swinging means. It may be composed of a bracket means (br) for fixing the fork means to the lower side of the oscillating means, or the fork means (3412) of the lower side of the oscillating means is a direct fork form and the body of the bearing means (3411) It can be fitted to the fork means (3412) pivot joint (pv), in this case comprising the fork means (3412) below the rocking means to configure the inclined proportional truck means (3410),

The foot pad means may be provided directly below the swinging means or on the inclined proportional truck means 3410.

In (C), the structure of the fork means 3412 of the type (A) is simplified, or the structure of the inclined proportional truck means (3410) of (A, B) is simplified and one of the fork means is omitted. A single blade type fork means 3412 ', wherein the bearing means 3411 is pivotally jointed into the fork means 3412' / 3412 in the front and rear directions of the swinging means in the lower front and rear directions, Means 3412 'are included in the fork means 3412}

(C) Referring to the principle of operation with only the bearing means (3411) coupled to the fork means (3412) as shown in the drawings,

In FIG. 7, the applicant's prior application walking vehicle equipped with the inclined proportional truck means 3410 in the form of FIG. 6 (C) is placed on the ground (foot pad is omitted for convenience of illustration), The upper figure of Θ) shows when the vehicle is lying on the ground so that the vehicle's refracting means (1100) is almost in contact with the ground; The lower figure ⓖ shows when the vehicle is standing on the ground,

It should be noted that the angle of the bearing means 3411 and the direction in which the direction is distorted vary according to the angles of the angle between the front and rear of the swinging means and the angle of tilting the vehicle left and right, as shown in the drawings ⓕ and ⓖ. Proportional steering,

In the case where the vehicle is viewed from the front, for example, when the vehicle is viewed from the front, the vehicle (or when the vehicle is in the middle is perpendicular to the ground in the front-to-rear direction in parallel with the left and right sides of the swing means). The steering means is steered even when tilted from side to side; As shown in (c), one side of the oscillating means is pushed forward and inclined to the front and rear sides. At this time, when the oscillating means is inclined to one of the left and right, the bearing means 3411 is inclined to the left and right inclined side as shown in the drawing. 7 (C) is the state ⓐ 'or ⓑ' of FIG.

In FIG. 8, (a) shows that when the vehicle is inclined from side to side, when only one refraction means is provided on the upper side of the oscillating means, the length adjustment of both sides of the oscillating means is necessary due to the left and right spacing of both lower sides. The stretching means (et) can be used on the rocking means introduced in the above; As shown in (b), a plurality of refracting means may be used to incline left and right while forming a parallelogram with the ground, and as shown in (d), the bearing means 3411 may use a direction restraining means 3300 to constrain the mutual left and right switching. It is possible to further harmonize the left and right steering of the bearing means (3411) on both sides.

According to the present application, the steering means is fully automatic processing of turning the footpad to the left and right by the foot for steering or propulsion for the propulsion, so that the traveling means is forward, even if the occupant does not care to maintain the angle at all. It automatically adjusts the direction and degree of turning (or steering) when it is in the middle, rearward or between each other. In particular, it is easy to steer and further drive the driving means by simply moving the center of gravity from side to side. By allowing the vehicle to be propelled, even a beginner who is not good at skating can quickly become familiar with the steering and easily generate the driving force of the skate, so that anyone can easily enjoy it without hard training.

Claims (9)

In the walking vehicle provided with a pair of traveling means dr which can mutually fluctuate, Forward steering when the driving means is steered forward; Steering without steering in parallel with other driving means; Proportional steering walking vehicle with proportional steering means for proportional steering at the rate of reverse steering when steered from the rear A vehicle having oscillating means 1000 standing on the ground and each lower side of the oscillating means on the left and right sides having mutually varying distances, each having a traveling means dr under the oscillating means, and a steering means for steering the traveling means. To The steering means includes steering when the driving means is steered from the front; Steering without steering in parallel with other means of steering; Proportional steering walk vehicle, which is a proportional steering means that is steered at the rate of reverse steering when steered from the rear The method of claim 2, The proportional steering means includes a steering operation for moving the center of the occupant; Proportional steering walking vehicle provided with means for causing the steering operation to be proportional to the front and rear positions of each side of the rocking means The method of claim 3, The proportional steering means comprises: means for steering the left and right tilting of the rocking means with the center movement; Proportional steering walking vehicle which is an inclined proportional steering means 3400 which is proportionally steered by the front and rear inclination of each side of the rocking means according to the front and rear position of each side of the rocking means. The method of claim 4, wherein The inclined proportional steering means (3400) is a driving means for maintaining horizontal to the left and right; Inclined proportional truck means 3410 connecting the traveling means to the oscillating means; It is composed of the inclined operation means for inclining the swing means 1000 to the left and right, The inclination proportional truck means steers the traveling means left and right by the swing means left and right tilt operation; Proportional steering walking vehicle which is means for enabling the proportional steering by front and rear inclination of each side of the rocking means The method of claim 5, The inclined manipulation means is a foot pad 3100 provided below the oscillating means or the inclined proportional truck means; The traveling means is a parallel wheel; The inclined proportional truck means 3410 is a proportional steering walking vehicle which is a means for allowing the bearing means 3411 and the bearing means of the parallel wheel shaft to be provided as a pivot joint (pv) means in the front and rear direction of the swinging means. The method of claim 6, The pivot joint means pv is provided with a lower side of the swing means as a fork means 3412 and a proportional steering walking vehicle which pivots the body of the bearing means 3411 to the fork means. The method of claim 6, The inclined proportional truck means includes a fork means 3412 for pivotally jointing the bearing means 3411 and the bearing means in the front and rear direction of the swing means, and bracket means for fixing the fork means below the swing means ( Proportional steering walking vehicle composed of br) The method according to claim 7 or 8, The fork means (3412) is a fork-shaped proportional steering walking vehicle in which the bearing means is inserted into the fork shape and pivotally engaged.

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