JPS58122265A - Collapsible vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save an area for parking and to enable parking even in a very narrow place by forming the body of a vehicle to be collapsible in the direction of the length or the width thereof. CONSTITUTION:An engine 1, a rotating power transmission device 2, front wheels 3 and a steering device 4 are housed in a front body 5, and further a front door 7 having a front window 6, and side windows 8, are fitted thereto. In addition, rear wheels 9 and a rear door 10 are fitted to a rear frame 11. Lateral sides of the front car body 5 and the rear frame 11 are joined by stretchable pantagraphs 12 and a folding floor board 13, and thereby the body of a vehicle is formed. This body is covered with a folding bellows sheet 21. A handle 22 is provided so that it can operate the front wheels through the intermediary of a chain 25 or the like, while a seat 24 is provided so as to be slidable forward and backward. Moreover, the space between the front wheels 3 is made larger than the outside span of the rear wheels 9 so that the rear wheels 9 are put inside the space between the front wheels when the vehicle is collapsed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a car that can be parked, for example, in an extremely narrow space and does not require a parking lot, and the body of the car can be folded and compressed in the length direction or width direction. This is a folding car that is characterized by its ability to save parking space.

Figures 1 and 2 show an embodiment of the present invention of a vehicle whose body can be folded in the length direction, including an engine (1), a rotational force transmission device (2), a front wheel (3), and a direction adjustment device (4). The front door (5) with a front window (6) is attached to the front body (5) that accommodates the
7) and side windows (8) are attached, and the rear frame (9) and rear door (10) are attached separately from the front body (5).
11), the front body (5) and the side parts of the rear frame (11) are connected by a telescoping pantograph (12) and a foldable floor plate (13) to form the body of the vehicle.

The pantographs (12) are pivoted (15) at the centers of the arms (14), and their ends are mutually pivoted (16).
, are moved (19) through pivot supports (17) and elongated holes (18) in the front vehicle body and rear frame, respectively, and are expanded and contracted (20) by pushing with a hydraulic cylinder or by hand.

A telescopic square-shaped bellows sheet (21) is attached to the outer periphery of the pantograph and floorboard between the front body and the rear frame to prevent rainwater, dust, etc. from entering the interior.

The front-to-back length of the front body (5) is approximately equal to the diameter of the front wheels (3), and includes a steering wheel (22), instruments, a drive lever for a hydraulic cylinder for extending and retracting a pantograph, a headlight (23),
A driver's seat (24) is attached.

The handle 22 can operate the front wheels with a chain or belt (25) so that it can be used even when the car body is folded and compressed, and the seat (24) is attached so that it can slide back and forth on the floor of the front car body. When driving, it moves backwards, and when the car body is folded, it moves forward and is stored in the front body.

Figures 1 and 2 show the state in which this automobile is running, with the pantograph (12) extended to its limit and the seat (24) moved back and fixed so that the driver can sit on it.

Figure 3 shows this car in its folded and compressed state for parking, storage, transportation, etc. The pantograph (12)
The seat (21) is folded up and placed above the front body (5), and the inner width (26) of the front wheels (3) is wider than the outer width (27) of the rear wheels (9) as shown in Figure 4. Therefore, the rear wheel (9) fits inside the front wheel (3), and the body of the car is folded thinly.

As another embodiment of the present invention, a floor plate (28) as shown in FIG.
It is bent at the center by a hinge (29), and its ends are connected to the front wheel body (5) by a hinge (30), and to the rear frame (11) by a rear wheel shaft and a hinge (instead of a hinge). If you fold this, it will look like Figure 6.

In FIG. 7, the center of the car floor structure (31) is laterally divided and joined with only one hinge (32), instead of using two hinges as shown in FIG. This is an embodiment of the present invention in which the front axle (33) and rear axle (34) of the car are used to double as hinges for folding, as shown in FIG. 8, thereby reducing the number of hinges on the floor.

In this case, the driver's seat folds back from the hinge (35).

Figure 9 shows an embodiment of the present invention in which the car body is folded in the width direction. The left and right and center parts are pivoted (38), the front frame and the rear frame are folded,
Moreover, the front and rear axles are rotated 90 degrees and compressed into a plate shape as shown in FIG.

According to the present invention, since the occupied area of the car is significantly reduced by folding the car, a parking lot becomes unnecessary, or the parking area can be reduced and the number of cars that can be accommodated in the parking lot can be significantly increased. Furthermore, it has the revolutionary effect of significantly reducing the space factor for storage and transportation.

Various modifications of the above embodiments are all included in the present invention.

4. Detailed explanation of the drawings Figure 1 is an internal side view of the first embodiment of the present invention in a running state;
The drawing is a perspective view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view of the folded state of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the front and rear wheels of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a running state of the second embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a side view of FIG. 5 in the folded state. FIG. 7 is a side view of the third embodiment of the present invention in the running state. FIG. 8 is a side view of FIG. 7 in the folded state. FIG. 9 is the present invention. 10 is a plan view of the fourth embodiment in a running state; a plan view of FIG. 9 in a folded state; 5...Front vehicle body;
... Rear frame 3 ... Front wheel, 9 ... Rear wheel 13, 28 ... Floor plate, 31 ... Floor structure 36 ... Front frame, 37 ... Rear frame Patent applicant Yoshiro Nakamatsu

Claims (1)

[Claims] A folding car characterized by being able to be folded and compressed in the length direction or width direction of the car body, thereby making it possible to save parking area.