Vehicle platform, motor vehicle, and method for loading and unloading an upper body structure onto and from a vehicle platform of a motor vehicle

US12005979B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY · KR
• KIA CORPORATION · KR

Inventors

• Bahman Moarefi · Mainz, DE
• Andrew Vaughan · Mainz, DE
• Vincent Laurent · La Folie, FR
• Miroslav Kropac · Ostrava, CZ
• Jelle Tjebbes · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Sebastian Kluh · Gimbsheim, DE
• Ameya Karmarkar · Pusselsheim, DE
• Rolf Verhoeven · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Kadir Oguzcan Ger · Mainz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 25, 2021
• Grant date: Jun 11, 2024
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D63/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle platform for a vehicle is provided. The platform includes a platform base extending in a longitudinal direction, and a loading system for laterally loading and unloading an upper body structure onto the platform base. The loading system includes first and second fork arms supporting the upper body structure with respect to a vertical direction, and a lifting mechanism coupled to the platform base and the first and second fork arms. The lifting mechanism moves the first and second fork arms relative to the platform base along the vertical direction. The first and second fork arms are spaced apart in the longitudinal direction and each are movable along a lateral direction between a retracted position, in which the fork arms completely overlap with the platform base, and an extended position, in which the fork arms protrude in the lateral direction from a lateral side of the platform base.