RU2820165C1 - Folding car - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: machine building.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to machine building, namely to folding cars. Folding car consists of main, front and rear parts, folding front seats, couplings are located on worm shafts and have the ability to move, move wheels completely under wings or during rotation of worm shafts in reverse direction, due to available gears, wheels are lowered as much as possible, increasing ground clearance, also, the front part has the main side posts, in which there are upper posts with a rigidly fixed roof, consisting of sections connected by hinges, upper and lower posts, while rotating, move upper posts downwards, rear part of the car contains a transverse stiffening rib on hinges, with the possibility of lowering, the right and left side walls are installed on hinges with the possibility of being folded inside, rear suspension comprises additional levers articulated with rear part, one ends are connected to the upper parts of the shock absorbers, the other ones to couplings located on the worm shafts.

EFFECT: higher strength of body.

1 cl, 17 dwg

Description

The invention relates to mechanical engineering, namely to folding cars. The closest technical solution is patent No. 2582008 dated April 20, 2016, Bull. No. 11.

A car folding in a U-shape contains a roof, front upper and lower parts, rear upper and lower parts, front lower, rear lower parts are hingedly connected to the crossbar, the latter is able to move along guide grooves, all parts are connected to each other by hinges, front pillars the upper parts of the wheels are pivotally connected to levers that have hinges located in guide grooves with the ability to move from the upper vertical to the lower horizontal position, moving along with the front wheels into the engine compartment, the front doors are connected to the front part and have the ability to slide to the side and forward and open horizontally; the rear doors slide to the side and forward using hinges and levers.

The complexity of the body structure does not allow for the strength of the car, namely, the front upper part is hinged to the roof and hinged to the lower front part, the latter is hinged to the crossbar, which is hinged to the lower rear part, the latter in turn is hinged to the upper rear part, which is hingedly connected to the roof; the crossbar also has the ability to move vertically along the guide grooves; the presence of a large number of components connected by hinges makes the supporting frame of the body weakened, depriving it of rigidity, which is especially dangerous in case of an accident. These cars are also very expensive to manufacture and maintain.

The invention is based on the technical task of improving the design of a folding car.

The technical result of the invention is to increase the strength of the body and expand the functionality of a folding car.

The set technical task is achieved by the fact that the body of a folding car consists of two main, reinforced load-bearing parts, the front and rear parts, the front part has a windshield on hinges, which can be lowered into the passenger compartment, folding seats in the folded position can be lowered to the floor of the front interior, retractable supports, the steering shaft has a hinge through which the steering wheel can be lowered, the front wheel struts with their upper parts are pivotally mounted in couplings, the latter are located on worm shafts and are able to move, and the worm shafts also have gears through which they receive rotation and are pivotally connected to the top of the car, the couplings are pivotally connected to the levers, the latter are attached to the front of the car by means of hinges, the rear of the car contains a hinged transverse stiffener, which can be lowered to the bottom of the luggage compartment, the folding seats of the rear cabin in the folded position have the ability lower to the floor, the right and left sidewalls are mounted on hinges and lower inward, onto the stiffener, the front and rear reinforced parts (hereinafter referred to as the front and rear parts) are connected by hinges, and are separated by means of worm shafts hinged to the front part and couplings placed on them have electric motors, interacting gears, thanks to which the couplings move along the worm shafts and are pivotally connected to the rear of the car, the rear suspension is equipped with additional levers, pivotally connected to the rear of the car, some ends are pivotally connected to the upper parts of the shock absorbers, the other to couplings placed on the worm shafts, with the ability to move, the worm shafts have gears, and the ability to rotate and are hinged to the rear part, the front part of the car contains the main ones, the side pillars in which the upper pillars are located and have the ability to move vertically, with a roof rigidly fixed to them, the latter consists of sections connected by hinges.

There is the following cause-and-effect relationship between the set of essential features of the proposed invention and the achieved technical result. The car's folding windshield is mounted on hinges and can be lowered into the front of the car. The backs of the front seats are lowered onto the seat and together lowered to the floor of the front cabin, the steering wheel, in the column of which a hinge is installed, allows you to move it from a horizontal position to the bottom, to a vertical position, has side main pillars, in which there are upper pillars connected by worm shafts, the latter have gears through which they receive rotation and have the ability to vertically move the upper pillars with the roof rigidly attached to them, the latter consists of sections connected by hinges, the front wheels, through hinges, levers, are connected to the lower front part of the car and pivotally connected to the axle shafts, and the upper parts are attached to the shock absorber struts, the latter are pivotally connected to couplings located on the worm shafts and have the ability to move, pivotally connected to the levers, the latter are connected through hinges to the lower front part of the car, the worm shafts are connected through gears to electric motors and have the ability to rotate ( not shown) and are hinged in the upper front part, the rear part of the car contains a hinged stiffener that can be lowered to the bottom of the luggage compartment, the rear folding seats in the folded position are lowered to the floor of the rear cabin, the right and left side panels are mounted on hinges and alternately are lowered inward onto a stiffener, the front and rear parts of the car are connected by hinges at the bottom, they are separated by worm shafts, pivotally attached to the front part, and the couplings placed on them have electric motors, interacting gears that allow the couplings to move along the worm shafts, the couplings are pivotally connected to the rear part of the car, the rear suspension is additionally equipped with levers pivotally mounted in the rear of the car, the ends of which are pivotally connected to the upper parts of the shock absorbers, and the other ends are pivotally connected to couplings located on the worm shafts and the couplings have the ability to move, the worm shafts have gears through which they receive rotation.

Thanks to this design of the elements, the windows of the side doors are lowered down, the backs of the front seats are lowered on hinges onto the seats and, in the folded position, move forward, lie on the floor of the front cabin, the steering wheel is lowered down by means of a hinge, the windshield is lowered on hinges into the passenger compartment, the backs of the rear seats on hinges they are lowered onto the seats and in the folded position they are lowered to the floor of the rear cabin, the transverse stiffener rib on hinges is lowered to the bottom of the luggage compartment, the right and left sidewalls on hinges are alternately lowered inward and rest on the stiffener rib, the rear suspension is equipped with additional levers hinged to rear part of the car, some ends are connected pivotally with the upper parts of the shock absorbers, the second with couplings placed on worm shafts with the ability to move, the worm shafts have gears through which they receive rotation, rotating the couplings move from the left position to the extreme right, and due to the interaction of the hinges, the shock absorbers and levers, the rear suspension with wheels is removed from under the wings and moved behind the luggage compartment, the upper parts of the wings on the levers are lowered down through hinges, the worm shafts of the front suspension receive rotation through the gears, rotating, the couplings are moved from the middle position to the extreme right and through the interaction of the couplings with levers, shock absorbers, move the wheels completely under the wings, the front part of the car lies on the surface (ground, road surface), the front and rear parts of the car are connected by hinges in the lower part and worm shafts, pivotally connected to the front part, and by means of couplings and hinges located on them , are connected to the rear part, also the couplings have electric motors and interacting gears, when the electric motors operate through interacting gears, the couplings move from the extreme left to the extreme right position and separate both parts in the middle, and connect them with their bottoms, the front supports extend and extend rear supports, at this moment the upper pillars with a rigidly fixed roof, the front of the car, under the influence of rotating worm shafts, are lowered down, the roof, thanks to connecting hinges, covers the folded car from the front, top and rear, the car folds in the working position, front suspension worm shafts , through the gears they receive the opposite rotation, rotating moves the clutches from the middle position to the extreme left and through the interaction of the clutches with the levers, shock absorbers, they move the wheels down and increase the ground clearance, the worm shafts of the rear suspension, rotating, move the clutches from the extreme left position partially to the right position, and as a result of the interaction of hinges, shock absorbers and levers, the rear suspension with wheels is partially moved out from under the wings at a distance equal to the wheels of the front suspension, increasing ground clearance, thanks to precisely this design of the car elements and their interconnection allows the folding car to have a durable body, good cross-country ability to be easier in production and maintenance.

The essence of the invention is illustrated by a diagram, where:

Fig. 1 - diagram of the car in working condition;

Fig. 2 - car folding diagram;

Fig. 3 - diagram of a folded car;

Fig. 4 - diagram of the front part of the car in working position, rear view;

Fig. 5 - diagram of the front part of the car in a folded position, rear view;

Fig. 6 - diagram of the rear part, side view;

Fig. 7 - diagram of the rear part, section A-A, rear view;

Fig. 8 - diagram of the rear part in the folded position, rear view;

Fig. 9 - diagram, section of the connection of the front and rear parts, in working position;

Fig. 10 - diagram of the front and rear in the unfolded position, side view;

Fig. 11 - diagram of the front and rear parts in working position, section B-B, top view;

Fig. 12 - diagram of the front suspension in the working position, and with increased ground clearance;

Fig 13 - diagram of the front suspension, top view;

Fig. 14 - diagram of the front wheel under the wing, in the folded position;

Fig. 15 - diagram of the rear suspension in working position;

Fig. 16 - diagram of the rear suspension in the unfolded position;

Fig. 17 - diagram of the rear suspension in working position, top view.

A folding car contains: a front part 1 and a rear part 2, (Fig. 1), connected by hinges 3, a front part 1 on hinges 4, has a windshield 5 that can be lowered into the passenger compartment, folding front seats contain seats 6 mounted on hinges 7, slats 8, and general slats 9, backrests 10, mounted on hinges 11, and similar hinges 11, slats 9, attached to the bottom of 1, passenger compartment, steering wheel 12, mounted on a column 13, the latter has a hinge 14, which allows the steering wheel 12, go down, the lower main side posts 15, (Fig. 1, Fig. 4, Fig. 5), in which the upper posts 16 are located, and are interconnected by worm shafts 17, with those located in the lower parts of the upper posts 16 , couplings 18, and in the lower parts, the lower main pillars 15, stops 19, with gears (not shown), and by means of which they allow the worm shafts 17 to rotate and vertically move the upper pillars 16, the roof consists of sections 20, 21, 22, 23, (Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3,), connected by hinges 24, front wheels 25, (Fig. 12, Fig. 13), by means of levers 26, hinges 27, are attached to the lower front part 1, has axle shafts 28, wheels 25, are attached to shock absorber struts 29, the latter the upper parts are hinged (not shown), connected to couplings 30, which in turn, through gears 31, are connected to levers 32, the latter by means of hinges 33, attached to the front part 1, (not shown), couplings 30, located on worm shafts 34, (Fig. 13, Fig. 14), which have gears 35, as well as holding devices 36, having hinges 37, fixed in the upper part 1, and allowing the worm shafts 34 to rotate and move the couplings 30, from the middle part of the worm shafts 34, to the left extreme position or during reverse rotation to the right extreme position (Fig. 12, Fig. 14), also the front part 1 contains side doors 38 (Fig. 1), which have glass 39, the latter have the ability to lower into them in the shafts 40, there are retractable supports 41 (Fig. 1), the rear part 2 contains 42 on hinges (Fig. 6), a stiffener 43, which can be lowered to the bottom of the luggage compartment 44, also the rear part 2, has a suspension consisting of wheels 45 (Fig. 15), mounted on axles 46, levers 47, the latter by hinges 48, connected by lowering the rear lower part 2, shock absorbers 49, identical hinges 50, are connected to the rear lower part 2 (not shown), and smaller arms 53, through hinges 54, are connected to couplings 55 (Fig. 16), the latter are located on worm shafts 56, which have gears 57, as well as holding devices 58, having hinges 59, and by means of which are attached to the rear lower part 2, (not shown), and allow the worm shafts 56 to rotate and move the couplings 55, the lower parts of the rear wings 60, are rigidly fixed on the rear lower part 2, the upper movable parts of the wings 61, (Fig. 15, Fig. 16), by means of equivalent hinges 62, levers 63, have the ability to lower down the front part 1, and the rear part 2, connected by hinges 3, and worm shafts 64, the latter with L-shaped ends 65 (Fig. 9, fig. 10), through hinges 66, are connected to the front part 1, and the couplings 67 placed on the shafts 64 have bushings 68 with internal threads (not shown), and are able to rotate; the couplings 67, through fasteners 69, are connected to the electric motor 70 , and using hinges 71, are connected to the rear part 2, and the interacting gears 72, electric motor 70, gears 73, the latter are rigidly connected to the sleeve 68, transmit rotation and move the clutch 67, and the mount 74 has a window 75 (Fig. 10 ), and is installed on a hinge 76, allowing the mount 74 to be lowered or raised, on the hinges 77, sidewalls 78 are installed, (Fig. 7), which contain protective visors 79, also on the sidewalls 78, locking elements 80 are installed on the inside ( Fig. 7, Fig. 8), rear passenger seats 81 (Fig. 6), mounted on hinges 82, rails 83, common rails 84, backrests 85, by means of similar hinges 86, common rails 84, attached to the bottom 2, the passenger compartment, also the rear part 2, has retractable supports 87 (Fig. 3), the sectional part of the roof 23 (Fig. 2), has a roller shutter 88 that can be lowered. The claimed invention is carried out as follows: glass 39, side doors 38 (Fig. 1, Fig. 2), are lowered completely down, backrests 10, front seats are on hinges! 1, are lowered onto the seat 6, and in the folded position, by means of hinges 7, 11, levers 8, 9, move forward and lie on the floor of the front cabin, the steering wheel 12, by means of a hinge 14, lowers down, the windshield 5, on hinges 4, lowers into the cabin, backrests 85 (Fig. 6), rear seats on hinges 86, lowered onto seats 81, and in the folded position, through hinges 82, 86, levers 83, 84, lowered forward and rest on the floor of the rear cabin, stiffener 43, on hinges 42, are lowered to the bottom of the luggage compartment 44, the right and left sidewalls 78, (Fig. 8), on hinges 77, alternately lowered inward and rest on the stiffener 43, rear suspension (Fig. 15), (Fig. 16), gears 57, receive return from electric motors (not shown), shafts 56 rotate, couplings 55 move (Fig. 16), and with the interaction of hinges 54, small arms 53, hinges 52, large arms 51, hinges 50, shock absorbers 49, the lower arms 47 are moved by means of hinges 46, the rear wheels 45, from under the rear wings 60, 61, are moved behind the luggage compartment 44 (Fig. 2), (Fig. 16), the upper parts of the wings 61, through hinges 62 and levers 63, are lowered down (Fig. 16), the worm shafts 34 of the front suspension, through gears 35, receive rotation, rotating and moving the couplings 30, from middle position to the extreme right (Fig. 14), and through the relationship of couplings 30, with levers 32, hinges 31, 33, shock absorbers 29, the wheels 25 are mixed, completely under the wings of the front part 1, the latter lies on the surface (road surface, ground) , the supports 41, (Fig. D), of the front part 1 are extended, moved forward and fixed (Fig. 2), electric motors 70, (Fig. 9), through interacting gears 72, 73, rotate the bushings 68, the latter move the couplings 67, from the left position to the extreme right position (Fig. 10), and separate the front part 1 and the rear part 2, when separated, the rear wheels 45 roll (Fig. 2), and connect both parts 1 and part 2 with their bottoms together (Fig. 3), the roof of section 20 is rigidly connected to the upper posts 16, (Fig. 1), through hinges 24, connected to sections 21, 22, 23, and the latter has a roller blind (Fig. 3), when folding the car, the upper pillars 16 are lowered into the lower, main side pillars (Fig. 2), section 20 covers the windshield 5, and the front cabin, section 21, covers the folded car from above (Fig. 3), and sections 22, 23, and the extended roller shutter 88, cover the passenger compartment and luggage compartment 44, are pulled out of the shafts (not shown), rear part 2, support 87, (Fig. 3), until it stops on the surface and are fixed, together with supports 41 , the front part 1, securely hold the car in the folded position, the front part of the car is equipped with a mount 74 mounted on hinges 76, having a window 75 (Fig. 10), thanks to which, in their extended position, they can be parked (stored) if there is no such need, the mount 74, on the hinge 76, (Fig. 10), goes down (shown by the dotted line), to unfold the car everything is done in the reverse order. The car folds in the working position, to overcome dirt roads, off-roads, gears 35, the front suspension (Fig. 12), transmit reverse rotation to the shafts 34, the latter, rotating, move the couplings 30, from the middle part of the worm shafts 34, to the extreme left position and through the interconnection hinges 31, levers 32, hinges 33, lower shock absorbers 29, and wheels 25, (Fig. 12), (shown by dotted lines), and increase ground clearance, rear suspension, gears 57, transmit rotation to shafts 56, (Fig. 15) , the latter, rotating, partially move the couplings 55 placed on them, and through the interaction of the hinges 54, small arms 53, upper arms, hinges 52, large arms 51, hinges 50, shock absorbers 49, move the levers 47, and through the axles 46, lower the wheels 45, down the same distance as the front wheels 25, and increase the overall ground clearance.

Claims (1)

A folding automobile, comprising a roof, front upper and lower parts, rear upper and lower parts, all parts connected to each other by hinges, front and rear wheels, side doors, adjustable folding supports, characterized in that the folding automobile consists of front and rear parts, the front part contains a hinged windshield with the ability to be lowered into the passenger compartment, the steering shaft contains a hinge through which the steering wheel can be lowered, the front wheel struts in the upper parts are hingedly mounted in couplings, the latter are located on worm shafts and are able to move, the worm shafts have gears and the ability to rotate and are hingedly connected to the front part of the car, couplings are pivotally connected to levers, the latter are attached to the front part by means of hinges, the rear part of the car contains a transverse stiffener on hinges with the ability to lower, the right and left sidewalls are mounted on hinges with the ability to fold inward , the front and rear parts of the car are connected by hinges and are folded out by means of worm shafts, which are hinged with the front part, and the couplings placed on them have electric motors, the interacting gears and couplings are pivotally connected to the rear part of the car, the rear suspension contains additional levers, pivotally connected to the rear part of the car, some ends are pivotally connected to the upper parts of the shock absorbers, the second with couplings placed on the worm shafts, with the ability to move, the worm shafts have gears and the ability to rotate and are hinged to the rear of the car, the front of the car contains the main side pillars, in which there are upper racks with the possibility of vertical movement by means of worm shafts, with a roof rigidly fixed to them, which consists of sections connected by hinges.

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