Scooter with integral frame mounted shock absorber
US6668959B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 16, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62M7/12
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A motor powered scooter for supporting a standing rider has a front steered wheel, a rear driven wheel, and a platform therebetween that supports a standing rider on the scooter. A shock absorber having first and second relatively moving ends for energy absorbing movement is fastened in fixed relation to the underside of the platform with one of the relatively moving ends disposed to and toward the rear driven wheel. The shock absorber can be protectively encased and held within the main structural tube underlying and supporting the platform. A rear frame for supporting the rear driven wheel is connected at a rotation point to the platform. A linkage has a first connection to the rear frame offset from the rotation point. This linkage connects at a second connection at the relatively moving end of the shock absorber. The rotation of the driving wheel supporting frame relative to the platform causes energy absorbing shock absorber movement.
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