WO2021137069A1 - Pod vehicle - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a vehicle with a passenger pod, and particularly, to enabling movement of the pod in different manners, when in an accident, or for pod transferring.
- FIG.1 is a schematic diagram of an exemplified vehicle with a pod separable from a chassis therein.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an exemplified vehicle in an accident, and with a pod separated from a chassis therein, and cushions disposed beneath the pod are inflated.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a chassis of an exemplified vehicle, with a support plane 17 for raising up a pod thereon.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an exemplified vehicle with a pod separable and movable from a chassis therein, viewed from above.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an exemplified vehicle with a planar surface chassis, and its support plane 24 for pod transferring.
- Fig.6 is a schematic top view of support plane 24.
- a pod in an exemplified vehicle, is detachably secured to a chassis by an attachment device which may be a multi-point electro-mechanical locking system, and when a control system detects or anticipates a collision, it issues a signal, to firstly cause the attachment device to detach the pod from the chassis, then a control signal, as will be discussed herein below in details.
- an attachment device which may be a multi-point electro-mechanical locking system
- the control system can use any of a variety of technologies including but not limited to a shock/impact sensor, camera, a LiDAR system, infra-red sensor system, radar system (including but not limited to millimeter wave radar, noise radar, micro-power impulse radar, and ultra wideband radar), acoustical system, artificial intelligence system or a combination of these, and may include a crash anticipatory unit such as the one as disclosed in US patent 8,041 ,483.
- cushions 3 and 4 are disposed on the pod and the chassis respectively, and therefore, cushions 3 will move with the pod and continue to protect the pod, in a collision. Both cushions 3 and 4, when inflated, will respectively occupy a space below the pod and above the chassis floor, and therefore, cushions 3 and 4 can be used to raise the pod up, separately or collectively, if the pod is detached from the chassis and not being moved away from the chassis.
- any conventional shock-absorbing, energy dissipating, inflatable or expansible devices may be used as cushions 3 and/or 4, such as conventional vehicle airbags used for reducing impact in accidents.
- the cushions 4 are dedicated for enabling movements of the pod towards a comparatively high barrier, for instance, the upward protruding (that is, not flush with the chassis floor) head and tail of the chassis, as shown in Fig.1.
- cushions 3 are used for assisting the pod to hurdle minor obstacle or reducing any possible frictions between the pod and the chassis floor, as well as for, absorbing shock when the pod hits ground.
- the control system issues a first control signal for inflating both cushions 3 and 4, if the impact detected/anticipated would force the pod to move from a low-level part towards a high-level part of the chassis, and issues a second control signal for inflating cushions 3 only, if the impact detected/anticipated would force the pod to move from a part towards another part of substantially the same level, or move out of the chassis directly.
- cushions 3 and 4 when cushions 3 and 4 are inflated, they should desirably but not necessarily altogether raise the pod up to a level above the chassis, to avoid the pod from crashing against the upward protruding chassis head or tail, if it is caused to be moved forward or backward (that is, longitudinal direction), by the detected/anticipated impact which may be frontal or rear impacts, directly or indirectly, and this depends very much on the inclination of the side 1 or side 2 of the chassis, both enclose the front and rear of the pod respectively, and a smaller inclination can better facilitate the pod’s upward movement and thereby, preventing the crash, refers to Fig.1 and 2.
- a vertically movable support plane 17 is provided, to replace the role of cushions 4 in the first embodiment, and it lays on the chassis floor, when no accident occurs, to allow the pod resting on it be detachably secured to the chassis directly or indirectly.
- the first control signal causes mechanical or hydraulic or pressurized fluid device(s) (not shown in Fig.3), or the like, to extend the telescopic driving devices 18, thereby moving the support plane 17 upward, for facilitating movement of the pod towards the upward protruding part of the chassis.
- both support plane 17 or cushions 4 may be used to raise the pod to a level above the chassis.
- the pod may be detachably secured to support plane 17 instead, and may also be detached from the support plane 17, after having been moved up by support plane 17.
- cushions 4 and/or support plane 17 and/or telescopic driving devices 18 may itself/themselves, with or without additional reinforcing material and/or structure, be capable of acting as an impact resisting and/or absorbing device to minimize/prevent intrusion by an external object into the vehicle.
- a side impact on the vehicle if a side impact on the vehicle is detected/anticipated by the control system, it issues a third control signal, to cause telescopic driving devices 18, at the side facing the side impact, to be extended to a first extent, so as to raise up the side of the support plane 17 facing the side impact, to a level that the support plane 17 will better prevent intrusion.
- the telescopic driving devices 18 at the other side not facing the side impact may or may not be caused by the third control signal to be extended to the same extent as the first extent, and if not extended at all or extended by a comparatively small extent, the support plane 17 will be tilted in such a way that it will facilitate or directly cause the pod to slip in a direction far from the side impact.
- the third control signal will contain information indicative of which side (side 15 or side 16, refer to Fig.4) of the support plane 17 is/will be impacted or should be raised up, and for causing the telescopic driving devices 18 at both sides be extended accordingly.
- control system may use a tilt sensor, for e.g., a pendulum or MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) type, to detect the degree of tilting of the vehicle, which may be caused by the accident, or by the unevenness and tilting of the lane on which the vehicle is using, and basing on the tilting detected, the control system includes an adjustment information into the third control signal, so as to cause telescopic driving devices 18 to introduce a corresponding compensational adjustment on the tilting of support plane 17.
- a tilt sensor for e.g., a pendulum or MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) type, to detect the degree of tilting of the vehicle, which may be caused by the accident, or by the unevenness and tilting of the lane on which the vehicle is using, and basing on the tilting detected, the control system includes an adjustment information into the third control signal, so as to cause telescopic driving devices 18 to introduce a corresponding compensational adjustment on the tilting of support plane 17.
- This tilting compensational adjustment technique is also advantageously applied to the platforms for pod transfer, as will be discussed herein below, to ensure the platforms involved are horizontal, and with no tilting.
- a pressure sensor may be disposed on support plane 17 to sense the weight of the pod, so as to detect if the pod is moved completely out of support plane 17, and if it is, the pressure sensor issues a signal to the control system which in response, causes telescopic driving devices 18 at both sides of support plane 17 to be extended equally, so that support plane 17 is raised up to a predetermined level with no tilting, in order that support plane 17 and telescopic driving devices 18 can both occupy or at least better occupy the empty space created when the pod is moved away from the chassis and thus, preventing intrusion of an external object, says, a vehicle, into the chassis from BOTH SIDES, which may be a first or a subsequent collision.
- chassis is planar surface, as shown in Fig. 5, then raising up support plane 24, as shown in Fig. 6, in the same manner as support plane 17, will preventing intrusion of an external object into the chassis from all four sides.
- the exemplified vehicle has no cushions 3, 4, support plane 17, or telescopic driving devices 18, but any of them may be included advantageously.
- the pod is connected with the chassis with chains 5, 6, 7, 8 (alternatively, steel cable or the like), and they are for moving the pod, when the pod is detached from the chassis in the above-mentioned manner.
- Fig, 1 is also applicable to the exemplified vehicle of the third embodiment, as a side view thereof.
- Each of the chains has one end respectively attached to a different corner, says, corner A of the pod, and the other end of each chain is respectively attached to a different anchor installed on the chassis, and the anchor is close to a corner of the pod, adjacent to corner A. And consequently, each chain will cause the pod to move in a direction towards the anchor it attached, if retracted.
- control system When the control system detects/anticipates a side impact, on side 15 or 16, it issues respectively corresponding signals to cause a first electro- mechanical device to retract both chains 5 and 7, or both chains 6 and 8 correspondingly, as well as to cause a second electro-mechanical device to release/cut off both chains 6 and 8, or both chains 5 and 7 correspondingly, thereby, causing the pod to move in direction 13 or 14 correspondingly.
- the first electro-mechanical device may completely release or cut off the retracted chains, so that the chains will not hinder the movement of the pod relative to the chassis, when the pod or the chassis is hit by, or itself hits, an external object, etc.
- the ends of the chains 5 and 7, which are respectively attached to a corner A of the pod as mentioned above, are instead respectively attached to two ends of a lengthy element pressing horizontally on side 15 of the pod and physically separated from the pod. Consequently, when the first electro-mechanical device retracts chains 5, 7, the lengthy element will be forced by the retracted chains 5, 7 to push the pod to move in direction 13.
- the chains 6 and 8 are similar attached to another element, to move the pod in direction 14.
- U.S. patent 10,106,212 is incorporated herein by reference, it provides illustrative, non-limiting examples of moving a pod by retracting cables. And, other conventional driving mechanism may be used to move the pod.
- the pod (without the chassis) is itself a vehicle with small size motor-driven wheels of a few cm in diameter, capable of moving on any planar or substantially planar surface, including the chassis floor or support plane 17, under the control of the control system.
- the third embodiment may be combined with any of the above and below embodiments/examples/modifications/alternatives or a combination thereof.
- cushions 3 may be included in the third embodiment and be inflated, instantaneously, gradually or progressively, by a specific signal from the control system, when the pod is caused to move out of the chassis.
- servo motors with capability of providing rotor movement information are used for retracting the chains and moving the pod, and basing on the rotor movement information, the control system can determine or continuously determine, before the pod is dropped from the chassis floor and hits ground, which part of the pod has been moved out of the chassis, and accordingly, causing those cushions 3-disposed on the pod, which are for protecting the surface(s) of the bottom of the moved-out part, and which may not be inflated at all, or partially/partly inflated before being moved out, to be all inflated to their full extent, or full operational extent, at a time before the pod is being moved completely out of the chassis and even hits ground.
- a conventional free fall detection device (U.S. patent 9,076,471 is incorporated herein by reference, it provides illustrative, non limiting examples) may be used to detect the free fall of the pod from the chassis, and issue a free fall signal to the control system, which in response thereto, causes cushions 3 disposed on the moved out part of the pod (and disposed on even part not moved out yet) and for use to protect the moved out part (and also, the not moved-out part), to be inflated to their full extent, or full operational extent, in the above-mentioned manner.
- the control system determines a preferable manner of movement for the pod, which would lead to a lesser loss, (including loss of lives, and/or loss of properties, and/or injuries, etc.), when compared with what loss would be resulted if making no movement.
- the loss may be owing to the detected/anticipated impact directly or indirectly on the pod, or any possible impact by the moved pod on a pedestrian, or by another vehicle on the moved pod, etc., when the pod is moved partly or completely on a vehicle lane or pedestrian path, which may be adjacent to the lane used by the vehicle to which the pod pertains, or in the vicinity thereof.
- control system should find the preferred manner of movement, out of more than one possible manners (for e.g., moving the pod partly or completely out of the chassis) through comparisons of their respective anticipated losses, and the more possible manners, the more comparisons, the better.
- the preferred manner of movement may be no movement.
- the preferred manner of movement may require the vehicle to move, by for e.g., autonomous driving.
- the preferred manner of movement may require the vehicle to decelerate to a lower speed, and/or move into a new position, before the pod may be detached from the chassis and may also require when the vehicle is at that speed and in that position, or at an even lower speed and in another new position, the pod may be caused to move partly or completely out of the chassis, in the manner as mentioned above, in order to avoid the pod from impacting or being impacted by an external object, which would happen if the pod is detached or makes such a movement before the vehicle has moved to the new positions.
- the control system is capable of detecting and identifying objects external to the present vehicle, such as, human beings, animals, vehicles, on the adjacent path, lane, nearby areas, or the like, and may include techniques used in conventional lane change assist and/or autonomous driving, for achieving this capability.
- control system and the driving mechanism is capable of moving the pod to different extents, from partly to completely out of said vehicle.
- control system will most likely cause the pod to move in direction 13 or 14, to evade from a detected/anticipated side impact, however, the control system may cause the pod to move forward or backward instead, and similarly, when a frontal or rear impact is detected/anticipated, the control system will most likely cause a longitudinal movement, but it may cause the pod to move in direction 13 or 14 movement instead, if it determines such a less expected movement will lead to a lesser loss.
- the fourth embodiment can be applied to, or as a modification of, any of the above and below embodiments/examples/modifications/alternatives or a combination thereof.
- the above-mentioned automatic movements of the pod caused by the control system is also controllable, that is, can be stopped and/or if happened, the pod can be moved back to original position, by human commands received by the control system.
- the control system determines the dimensions of the space so left, or the space currently occupied by the pod, by using the above- mentioned technique for determination of pod position relative to the chassis, or by using the above-mentioned pressure sensor to detect if the pod is moved completely out of support plane 17, then causes conventional impact resisting/absorbing devices and/or intrusion prevention devices (may also include cushions 4 and/or support plane 17 and/or telescopic driving devices 18) to be extended/moved in a position such that they can occupy partly or completely of the space left, or even be extended/moved outside the vehicle, but not be extended/moved into the space currently occupied by the pod.
- the present control system may activate two longitudinally extending bumper segments as disclosed by U.S. patent 6,926,322, to extend out of both sides of the present chassis respectively, and the bumper segment on the side which the pod is to be moved out, will be extended after the pod is detected as being moved out of the chassis, so as not to hinder the pod movement.
- telescopic driving devices which may not be telescopic driving devices 18, may be under internal pressure by pressurized fluid (or by spring action), and therefore whenever the pod is moved away and leaves a space, those telescopic driving devices disposed surrounding the space will automatically be extended into the space by the pressurized fluid.
- the control system does not detect pod position, instead when it detects or anticipates a collision, it issues a signal to cause a fluid pressurizing device to supply pressurized fluid to the telescopic driving devices.
- the fluid pressurizing device is replaced by a container storing pre-pressurized fluid.
- U.S. patent 6,601,719 is incorporated herein by reference, it provides illustrative, non-limiting examples of a telescoping boom assembly.
- support plane 17 is replaced by a planar or substantial planar surface truss (alternatively, frame structure ⁇ and regardless of the pod may or may not be able to slide on it, the truss if being raised up, would still prevent intrusion by an external object into the chassis.
- the vehicle has a battery system in the chassis for providing electricity to, for e.g., a motor system for driving the vehicle.
- the above-mentioned control system is also for determining the battery system or other part of the chassis, is or will be on fire (which may or may not be caused by a detected/anticipated collision), by skills well-known to those in the art, and for issuing a fire hazard signal, to cause the above-mentioned attachment device to detach the pod from the chassis, and further, to cause the pod to be moved more separated from the chassis, for instance, causing cushions 3 and/or 4 to be inflated, and/or support plane 17 to be raised up.
- the control system causes the pod (with or without inflating cushions 3, and/or 4, and/or raising up support plane 17) to be moved in a preferred manner of movement if it determines in the above- mentioned manner that this will lead to a lesser loss.
- various hazard escaping techniques are disclosed, they may be used in any vehicles with any traditional hazard detection systems for detecting different type of hazards, for e.g., collision or explosion of an oil tank of a diesel engine vehicle, as long as the vehicle has a pod.
- the exemplified vehicle as shown has a planar or substantially planar surface chassis (for instance, the commonly known skateboard chassis, in which a battery system, an electric motor and related mechanical parts of a vehicle are hidden inside), and similarly, the bottom of the pod has a planar or substantially planar surface, except that there are wheel recesses 22 in the pod, for corresponding respectively avoiding the wheels 23 of the chassis.
- a planar or substantially planar surface chassis for instance, the commonly known skateboard chassis, in which a battery system, an electric motor and related mechanical parts of a vehicle are hidden inside
- the bottom of the pod has a planar or substantially planar surface, except that there are wheel recesses 22 in the pod, for corresponding respectively avoiding the wheels 23 of the chassis.
- support plane 24 similarly has recess(es) or hole(s) for allowing any upward protruding part(s) of the chassis to go there through, so that it can be lowered down, as low as possible, to the upper surface of the chassis.
- support plane 24 has four wheel recesses 25.
- the pod has the above-mentioned motor-driven wheels
- the adjacent platform(s) may be a raised-up support plane 24 of another vehicle. If so, the control system of that another vehicle will cause its support plane 24 to lower the transferred pod to chassis floor level, so as to allow the pod be detachably secured to the chassis by an attachment device.
- an exemplified lateral extending channel 26 (in real practice, more than one channel should be provided and the channels may alternatively be longitudinal) is provided on the surface of support plane 24. Note that the width of the channel is much wider at the margin than in the inner portion of support plane 24, to facilitate a pod wheel to move into it, when the pod moves from another platform to support plane 24.
- channels 26 are still applicable to provide tolerance of misalignment of platforms, by using it to receive freely rotatable wheels of the pod, instead of the motor-driven wheels.
- the authority of controlling the pod has to be transferred from the control system of pod transferor, to the control system of the receiver, and this may be as simply as, for e.g., sending an address for sending commands to the pod wirelessly to the receiver.
- the pod is under control of the control system of the transferor or receiver, or both control systems in a cooperative manner, during the transfer.
- barrier plates hinged to the four sides of support plane 24, under control of the control system, and can be moved from a horizontal or vertical down position, that is, non-barrier position, for allowing horizontal pod movement, to a vertical up position, that is, barrier position, for preventing horizontal pod movement, by using a conventional power operated car tailgate techniques, -and U.S. patent 6,357,813 is incorporated herein by reference, as illustrative, non-limiting examples.
- the control system In pod transfer, when the pod moves from another platform, into a support plane 24 from one side thereof, the control system (responsible for operating the support plane 24) causes one or more than one barrier plates at the other side of support plane 24, to be erected vertically, to stop the pod from further movement.
- the control system selectively erects the barrier plate(s) vertically, to prevent the pod from moving to unpreferred direction(s), by an external impact or the like.
- the control system may further cause cushion(s) for protecting the side(s) of the pod facing the erected barrier plate(s), to be inflated, to prevent the pod from crashing with said blocking plate(s).
- the cushion(s) may be disposed in the pod or barrier plate(s).
- the barrier plates may be in their barrier positions when no accident, and be selectively moved by the control system to a non-barrier position to allow the pod to move partly or completely out of the vehicle in preferred direction(s), in pod transfer or hazard escaping.
- the innovative approach for determining the preferred manner of movement is also used for determining the preferred and/or unpreferred direction(s), that is, the movement direction(s) which will lead to a lesser or greater loss, respectively.
- the preferred or unpreferred direction(s) may simply be the direction(s) which would lead the pod to move further away from, or face the detected/anticipated impact directly or more directly, respectively.
- barrier plates can be replaced with other conventional controllable barriers. And with such barriers, the above-mentioned driving mechanism for moving the pod horizontally in hazard escaping becomes not very necessary, can be eliminated to save costs, but it is still desirable.
- U.S. Patent 7,801 ,645 discloses an edge detection system used in a robotic vacuum cleaner, which can be used by the pod to locate edges of support plane 24.
- the chassis has no upward protruding part, for e.g., the exemplified vehicle has a planar or substantially planar surface chassis, similar to the one as shown in Fig.5, but has small road-running wheels, so small that they are completely below the chassis, and there is no need for support plane 17 or 24 to raise up the pod, to enable horizontal movement of the pod.
- the chassis with the small road-running wheels has one and only one upward protruding part, which is the chassis head, and the pod when detached from the chassis, can be moved backward, or sideway, and support plane 17 or 24 could also be saved.
- longitudinal or lateral channels 26 may be formed on the surface of the chassis to facilitate pod transfer, and barrier plates may also be disposed at the sides of the chassis, to prevent the pod to move in an unpreferred direction, in the above-mentioned manner.
- control system may be any conventional computing system comprising one or more than one processing units installed in the chassis or the pod, or partly in the chassis and partly in the pod, or partly or completely cloud based.
- support plane 17 for hazard escaping
- support plane 24 for pod transfer
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