2062results about "Steering device" patented technology

A suspension stabilizer and method are described which may be attached to a bike having front fork suspension to improve handling and reduce rider fatigue. The suspension stabilizer may include a counterweight, a spring assembly and a guide assembly. The spring assembly may be arranged to provide a spring force between the counterweight and the guide assembly to resist linear motion of the counterweight along a guide assembly axis. The counterweight and spring assembly may have a natural motion frequency of 3 to 15 Hertz and may be based on one or more characteristics of the front fork suspension.

An electric vehicle and a powertrain for an electric vehicle are disclosed. According to an embodiment, an electric vehicle includes a steering system with a steering column, and a battery pack having a battery enclosure and a plurality of battery modules housed within the battery enclosure. The battery enclosure defines a slot that extends from at least a top surface of the battery enclosure to receive the steering column.

Narrow vehicles have multiple advantages but tend to have a limited application because they are roll unstable. The use of flywheels to increase their stability is a known method but the operation range, complexity, performance and cost usually limit the application of these vehicles. Stability and agility enhancement system and method enabling the application of stabilizing forces from flywheels and the steering of the trajectory concurrently and cooperatively with the driver's steering and assistance enable the benefit of reduced cost and complexity while providing enhanced performances, intuitive control, safety and operation range.

A fork assembly including a steerer tube and a crown, wherein the steerer tube is fixedly aligned to the crown in a predefined orientation at a time of manufacture.

An electric vehicle and a powertrain for an electric vehicle are disclosed. According to an embodiment, an electric vehicle includes a suspension system, a seat, a steering system, an electric motor and a battery pack. The battery pack includes one or more battery modules to provide power to the electric motor and a battery enclosure housing the one or more battery modules. The battery enclosure is a structural element of the electric vehicle to receive loads from at least two of the suspension system, the seat and the steering system.

When an external detection device detects an obstacle (another vehicle (T)) on either a left or right side of the own vehicle (M), a control device of a steering assistance device for a saddle type vehicle controls an assist torque so that a handle operation to the side opposite to the side on which the obstacle is detected becomes heavier (more difficult to turn) than a case in which the obstacle is not detected. The handle operation to the side on which the obstacle is detected makes a handle relatively light (makes it easier to turn) while steering assist is maintained.

A compact personal transport device convertible between a riding configuration and a stowed configuration is described. In one embodiment, a latching mechanism for the compact personal transport device includes a frame post attached internally to the personal transport device and a seat post including an opening on one side. The seat post fits onto the frame post. The latching mechanism also includes a latch spring that extends outwards from one side of the frame post in an extended position and retracts inside the frame post in a retracted position. The latch spring extends through the opening in the seat post when the seat post is attached to the frame post and the latch spring is in the extended position to mechanically lock the seat post to the frame post.

A three-wheeled vehicle and a steering control method and apparatus therefor. In the control method, a target steering angle of a steerable wheel (5) during differential steering and a steering vehicle speed of a three-wheeled vehicle are acquired; the target steering angle and the steering vehicle speed are input into a speed calculation model, so as to obtain a first steering speed of a first driving wheel (102), a second steering speed of a second driving wheel (104) and an angular velocity of a vehicle chassis; on the basis of the angular velocity, a steering curve of the steerable wheel (5) is determined; and since the steering curve is a curve of a deflection angle of the steerable wheel (5) changing over steering time, and on the basis of the first steering speed and the second steering speed, the first driving wheel (102) and the second driving wheel (104) can be controlled to implement differential steering, and on the basis of the steering curve, the steerable wheel (5) can be controlled to deflect along with the differential steering .

An electric bicycle including a frame having a front end coupled to a steering assembly, the steering assembly having a front wheel, and a rear end coupled to a rear wheel assembly, the rear wheel assembly having a rear wheel. At least two pedals rotatably coupled to the rear wheel assembly, the at least two pedals having an engaged configuration wherein the at least two pedals are engaged with the rear wheel and configured to rotate the rear wheel in a forward direction, and a disengaged configuration wherein each of the at least two pedals is disengaged from the rear wheel. An electric motor electrically coupled to a battery and configured to engage with the rear wheel and to rotate the rear wheel in the forward direction.

A children's ride-on vehicle includes a vehicle body comprising a substantially rectangular shape, a steering wheel, a front wheel assembly, a steering column, and a seat located above a storage compartment. The steering wheel has a substantially rectangular shape. The seat comprises a flat panel. The plane of the seat is coplanar with the top surface of the vehicle body. The vehicle comprises a connecting frame. The connecting frame is telescopically connected to the vehicle body. The vehicle comprises a removably connected cleaning attachment. The vehicle can be converted to a piece of luggage.

The utility model provides a front structure of a scooter and the scooter, and belongs to the technical field of scooters. The front structure of the scooter includes: a front wheel including a hub; a connecting pin is arranged at one end of the front fork leg and is used for being connected with a hub; the front wheel shaft is arranged between the connecting foot and the hub in a penetrating manner, and the front wheel shaft is of an optical axis structure; the bearing set is arranged in the hub and arranged on the outer side of the front wheel shaft in a sleeving mode, the bearing set is used for rotationally connecting the hub and the front wheel shaft, and the bearing set comprises two bearings arranged in the axial direction of the front wheel in a spaced mode; the limiting assembly is arranged between the two bearings and arranged on the outer side of the front axle in a sleeving mode, the limiting assembly abuts against the two bearings in the axial direction of the front wheel, and the face, close to the hub, of the limiting assembly abuts against the hub in the radial direction of the front wheel. According to the front structure of the scooter, the front axle is arranged to be of the optical axis structure, the machining difficulty of the front axle can be lowered, and then the cost is lowered.

This vehicle includes a lane keeping assistance system and a control device which controls steering of the vehicle, wherein the control device divides a width of a lane in which the vehicle travels into a plurality of virtual lanes and controls the vehicle so that the vehicle travels in one virtual lane among the plurality of virtual lanes. The control device controls the vehicle so that a traveling position of the vehicle is returned to an inside of the one virtual lane when the vehicle traveling in the one virtual lane is about to deviate from the inside of the one virtual lane.

A system for providing steering assistance in a vehicle includes an electric motor and an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) electronically coupled to the electric motor. The ECU determines whether the vehicle is in a straight running state, a transient running state, or a steady cornering state. A first control signal is sent to the electric motor to set torque of the electric motor to a first value based on the determination that the vehicle is in the transient running state or the steady cornering state. A second control signal is sent to the electric motor to set torque of the electric motor to a second value based on the determination that the vehicle is in the straight running state.

A front fork includes a leg with a first tube and a second tube. The first tube has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The second tube has a third end and a fourth end opposite the third end. The first and second tubes are telescopically arranged. The first and second tubes are movable between a fully extended position and a fully retracted position. The front fork further includes a buffer disposed in the second tube proximate the fourth end. The buffer is contacted during a bottoming out event. A position of the buffer is adjustable in the second tube.

A cable routing assembly, disposed on a headset of a bicycle and having a through hole fitting around a steerer tube of the bicycle, includes a top annular base having a first through hole and a first cable groove and a bottom annular base having a second through hole and a second cable groove. When the top annular base is engaged with the bottom annular base, the top annular base and the bottom annular base jointly form an internal space, and the first cable groove and the second cable groove jointly surround to form a cable channel communicating between an external space and the internal space. The first through hole communicates with the second through hole to form the through hole. An axial direction and a channel direction that are not parallel are defined. The through hole extends along the axial direction. The cable channel extends along the channel direction.

An operating device of a human-powered vehicle comprises a clamp and an operating structure. The clamp is mountable to the human-powered vehicle. The operating structure is configured to receive a user input operation. The operating structure is pivotally coupled to the clamp about a base pivot axis. The operating structure is pivotable relative to the clamp about the base pivot axis between a closed position and an open position. At least one of the clamp and the operating structure define a holder space in which an electric power source is to be provided in a closed state where the operating structure is in the closed position. The clamp and the operating structure allows the electric power source to be accessed in an open state where the operating structure is in the open position.

The utility model provides a quick installation structure of a handlebar stem, and relates to the technical field of bicycles, comprising: a handlebar stem, the side wall of which is provided with a clamping groove; the bottom inserting end of the stem is suitable for being inserted from the top opening of the vertical pipe, and a movable channel penetrates through the side wall of the vertical pipe; the positioner is assembled on the vertical pipe and comprises a sliding sleeve and a movable body, the sliding sleeve can be slidably connected to the outer side of the vertical pipe in a sleeving mode in the vertical direction, the movable body is movably arranged in the movable channel, an extrusion part is arranged on the inner wall of the sliding sleeve, and the sliding sleeve has an unlocking position and a locking position in the vertical direction; when the sliding sleeve is located at the unlocking position, the stem is inserted into the vertical pipe, when the clamping groove of the stem and the movable body are transversely aligned, the sliding sleeve slides to the locking position from the unlocking position in the vertical direction, the extrusion part of the sliding sleeve extrudes the movable body to transversely move inwards in the movable channel, and the movable body partially extends into the inner wall of the vertical pipe to be clamped to the clamping groove to form clamping fit. The defect that in the prior art, a stem is inconvenient to assemble is overcome.

A steering stabilization system for bicycle handlebars has a steer tube pivotably mounted within a head tube. A first magnetic device is connected to the steer tube in a non-rotatable manner. A second magnetic device is connected to the head tube so that it cannot rotate. The two magnetic devices have at least one diametrically magnetized ring magnet and are arranged relative to each other in such a way that a return torque is generated when the steer tube is rotated from a rest position.

A bicycle includes a front wheel, a rear wheel, and a frame assembly supported by the front wheel and by the rear wheel, the frame assembly including a main frame and a fork assembly rotatably secured to the main frame. The fork assembly includes a fork crown, a lower bearing that facilitates rotation of the fork assembly relative to the main frame about a steering axis, and a lower accessory mount including a base portion sandwiched between the fork crown and the lower bearing.

The invention belongs to the technical field of luggage cases, and particularly relates to an electric luggage case and a using method thereof.The electric luggage case comprises a case body, and the front end of the case body is provided with a containing cavity sunken towards the interior of the case body; the bottom telescopic mechanism is arranged at the bottom of the box body and comprises a telescopic rod, and the telescopic rod stretches out and draws back between a first limit position and a second limit position; the front vertical rod mechanism is arranged at one end, capable of extending out of the box body, of the telescopic rod; the decorative plate is arranged at the end, away from the containing cavity, of the vertical telescopic assembly, the outer contour of the decorative plate is matched with the inlet shape of the containing cavity, and when the electric luggage case is in a riding state, the front vertical rod mechanism and the decorative plate move out of the containing cavity along with the telescopic rod; when the electric luggage case is in a push-pull state, the front vertical rod mechanism retracts backwards into the accommodating cavity, and the accommodating cavity is sealed by the decorative plate. According to the luggage case, the front vertical rod mechanism is hidden in the containing cavity through the decorative plate, so that the luggage case is simple and smooth in appearance, the hooking risk of an exposed handle is avoided, and the practicability and the attractiveness are good.

The invention discloses a self-balancing control method applied to a heteroaxial two-wheeled vehicle, the vehicle carries a scissor-type double CMG module, the module comprises two CMG units, and the method comprises hardware decoupling: using the scissor-type double CMG to counteract course disturbance torque generated when the CMG works on a physical level; role separation: redefining a CMG system and a steering system; feedforward coordination: during turning, not depending on the CMG always generating a restoring moment to maintain a 0-degree inclination angle, calculating a steady-state inclination angle (phi lean) required at the speed and the steering angle through a dynamic model feedforward; and track planning: by coordinating track planning, it is ensured that the inclination action of the CMG and the steering action of the steering are perfectly synchronized in time, and balance is dynamically maintained. The problem of CMG saturation is solved, high-precision decoupling control is achieved, turning is smooth and safe, full-speed-domain coverage is achieved, and efficiency and energy saving are achieved.

The utility model discloses an electric steering device and an electric luggage case, and belongs to the field of luggage cases. The electric steering device comprises a steering rod, a fixing base and a steering motor used for driving the steering rod to steer, the steering motor comprises a stator and a rotor, the stator is fixedly connected to the fixing base, and the rotor is fixedly connected to the steering rod. According to the electric steering device and the electric luggage case, left-right electric steering of the steering rod is achieved through cooperation of the stator and the rotor of the steering motor, then the steering motor is controlled by the controller, and the use requirements of the functions of remote control, automatic following and the like can be met.

The invention discloses an integral electric bicycle frame which comprises a frame body formed at a time through a mold, the frame body is divided into a front structure, a middle structure and a rear structure in the length direction of the frame body, the front structure is provided with a first mounting hole, and the hole center line of the first mounting hole is parallel to the demolding direction of the frame body; a front fork vertical pipe of the electric bicycle can be coaxially inserted into the mounting hole I; a storage battery of the electric bicycle can be mounted on the middle structure; a cushion of the electric bicycle can be installed on the rear structure, a second installation hole and a third installation hole are formed in the rear structure, a rear shock absorber of the electric bicycle can be connected with the rear structure through the second installation hole, and a rear bottom fork of the electric bicycle can be connected with the rear structure through the third installation hole. The frame body is formed at a time through the mold, the forming efficiency of the frame body is high, and the quality is stable; accessories such as a front fork, a rear shock absorber, a rear bottom fork, a storage battery and a cushion of the electric bicycle can be reliably mounted on the frame body; the first mounting hole is formed in the bicycle frame body at a time, the demolding direction of the bicycle frame body is parallel to the hole center line of the first mounting hole, demolding is easy in the demolding direction, the forming mold structure of the bicycle frame body can be simplified, the forming precision of the first mounting hole is high, and a front fork stand pipe of the electric bicycle can be conveniently installed subsequently.

An apparatus provides a restoring moment for a two-wheeler steering mechanism. A mounting device mounts the apparatus on a two-wheeler frame. A coupling device couples the apparatus with a fork shaft, and has a rotational axis. An energy storing device stores a restoring force. A force transmitting device transmits steering force to the energy storing device. The force transmitting device has a force transmitting point that is eccentric to the rotational axis, and forms a force action line through the eccentric force transmitting point and an application point of the force transmitting device on the energy storing device for transmitting the steering force to the energy storing device. In a neutral position of the apparatus, the force action line and a straight line running through the rotational axis and the application point enclose an angle. A two-wheeler frame, a two-wheeler steering and a two-wheeled vehicle are also provided.

A motor vehicle comprises at least: a first transmission for transmitting a steering angle of a handlebar to each steered wheel, which wheels are each structurally supported by an element of a second transmission, which is fixed to the frame, enabling a bouncing movement of the suspension. The first movement mechanism is composed of a shear type mechanism with two elements, and one element is integrated with a main shaft of a wheel. The original characteristic is beneficial for managing the suspension sinking effect caused by ground braking force; it is also helpful to manage different dragging distance changes caused by additional displacement of the rotation axis of the wheel (the additional displacement overlaps with the displacement caused by the suspension movement mechanism), and also helpful to manage different transmission ratios between the column rotation angle of the handlebar operated along the axis and the wheel steering angle measured along the steering axis. The steering angle is measured on an element of an integrated main shaft, rather than downstream of a transmission scissor movement mechanism, and the main shaft contains a wheel rotating shaft.

The disclosure relates to a bicycle frame comprising a head tube for receiving a headset. A 180° rotatable insert with an eccentrically designed receptacle for bearing cups is inserted into the top and bottom of the head tube. A 180° rotatable bearing cup receptacle is inserted into the receptacle at the top and bottom. The headset bearing can be inserted into the bearing cup receptacle in a position inclined to a central axis of the head tube.

The invention relates to a method for producing a structural component, at least part of which is in the form of a hollow profiled element, for a bicycle (1), comprising the method steps of: providing an injection molding device; producing and / or providing at least one lost core (30) which can be melted out and / or dissolved and / or mechanically destroyed and which is adapted at least to a first part of an inner contour of the structural component; introducing the lost core (30) into a mold tool; closing the mold tool and keeping it closed and overmolding the lost core (30) with a thermoplastic material; opening the mold tool and removing an injected-molded intermediate product; melting out and / or dissolving out and / or mechanically removing the lost core (30). The method is in particular characterized in that at least one further part of the inner contour of the structural component is molded by means of at least one movable tool core (31) or movable mold slide of the mold tool. The invention also relates to a structural component of a bicycle (1).

A foldable scooter is provided, including: a deck assembly, including a first deck and a second deck foldably connected and relatively rotatable about a first direction, the first deck including a first lock structure; a steering assembly, connected to the deck assembly; a locking assembly, mounted to the second deck, including a locking member movable between a first position and a second position in a second direction and including a second lock structure extending in the first direction and movable with the locking member; wherein when the locking member is located in the first position, the first and second lock structures are interlocked with each other in a male-female manner so that the deck assembly is non-foldable; when the locking member is located in the second position, the first and second lock structures are unlocked from each other so that the deck assembly is foldable.