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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2020
Italdesign-giugiaro S.p.a., Turin, IT;
Fabio Danna, Monastero di Vasco, IT;
Massimiliano Chidichimo, Nichelino, IT;
Roberto Bodrone, Castiglione Torinese, IT;
Antonio Matullo, Rivalta di Torino, IT;
ITALDESIGN-GIUGIARO S.P.A., Turin, IT;
Abstract
A personal transporter includes a seat, a frame having a base and a strut supporting the seat, hinged to the base and pivotable between an open configuration and a folded configuration, a pair of driving wheels and at least one non-driving wheel associated to the base defining, in use, three unaligned points on the ground, a pair of electric motors, a pair of control pedals, each associated to a respective electric motor to drive a respective driving wheel, and a support rod for supporting the strut in the open configuration, hinged to the strut and slidably mounted on the base in a guide. The base has a rear portion for supporting the at least one non-driving wheel and a pair of front portions, each hinged to the strut and integrally rotatable with a respective control pedal.