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Patent No.:

US 9914492 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 13, 2017

Low-profile vehicle

Applicant:

Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);

Inventor:

Jens Strabo Hummelshøj, Burlingame, CA (US);

Assignee:

Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Christopher G. Darrow

Darrow Mustafa PC

Primary Examiner:

John D Walters

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 31/00 (2006.01); B62D 23/00 (2006.01); B62D 47/00 (2006.01); B62D 35/00 (2006.01); B62D 51/00 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 8/00 (2006.01); B60G 3/12 (2006.01); B60G 5/02 (2006.01); B60R 1/10 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 31/003 (2013.01); B60G 3/12 (2013.01); B60G 5/02 (2013.01); B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B60L 8/003 (2013.01); B60R 1/10 (2013.01); B60R 21/00 (2013.01); B62D 23/00 (2013.01); B62D 35/005 (2013.01); B62D 47/006 (2013.01); B62D 51/00 (2013.01); B60G 2300/122 (2013.01); B60G 2300/13 (2013.01); B60G 2300/38 (2013.01); B60R 2021/002 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0034 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/112 (2013.01);
Abstract

System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to a low-profile vehicle. In one embodiment, the low-profile vehicle includes a vehicle body having a profile that is substantially continuous around an outer perimeter of the vehicle. The profile is comprised of a fin extending outward from a lower edge of the vehicle body and meeting a ramp of the vehicle body at a concave curve. The ramp continues from the concave curve into a convex curve where the ramp transitions into a top surface of the vehicle body. The profile has an exaggerated s-shape. The low-profile vehicle includes a hatch disposed within the top surface. The vehicle includes a passenger compartment disposed within the vehicle body and accessible through the hatch. The passenger compartment is shaped to provide for a passenger to occupy the vehicle in a substantially lying down position.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hummelshøj, Jens. (2018). Low-profile vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 9914492). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9914492

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