Patents Assigned to Robo3 Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 10888474Abstract: Disclosed is a wheelchair power apparatus for electronic driving conversion. It is an object of the present invention to provide a wheelchair power apparatus for electronic driving conversion, which can provide severely disabled people, for instance, patients with spinal cord injury, the weak or the old, who use wheelchairs, with convenience in movement, and convert a manual four-wheel wheelchair into an electronic three-wheel wheelchair just by detachably mounting the electronic module having electronic wheels to the existing manual four-wheel wheelchair.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: ROBO3 CO., LTD.Inventors: Joon-Hyung Kim, Seong Hyun Paek
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Patent number: 10857046Abstract: Disclosed is a wheelchair power apparatus for electronic driving conversion. The wheelchair power apparatus for electronic driving conversion includes: an electronic module combined with a combining means of a manual wheelchair, wherein the electronic module includes: a driving wheel in which an in-wheel motor is mounted; an operation handle located directly above the driving wheel; a connector connected directly below the operation handle; a steering housing mounted directly below the connector in such a way that one side of the connector can be moved forwards or backwards inside the steering housing; a combining unit mounted directly below the steering housing and combined with a coupling means of a wheelchair; a battery mounted at the front of the combining unit; and strut supports and collapsible bars mounted at right and left sides of the driving wheel, so that the manual wheelchair is converted into an electronic wheelchair.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: ROBO3 CO., LTD.Inventors: Joon-Hyung Kim, Seong Hyun Paek
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Patent number: 10752305Abstract: Disclosed are a stair-climbing type driving device and a climbing driving method thereof. It is an object of the present invention to provide a stair-climbing type driving device, which can climb upstairs in safety regardless of height and width of the stairs when the disabled, common people who want to experience four-wheel driving devices, or robots for fire extinguishment or industrial use climb up the stairs, and a climbing driving method of the stair-climbing type driving device.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: ROBO3 CO., LTD.Inventor: Joon-Hyung Kim
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Patent number: 10167038Abstract: Disclosed is a self-balancing scooter with a foldable foothold for an additional rider. The self-balancing scooter includes: a housing; a controller mounted inside the housing for controlling running and direction change; motors respectively mounted at both sides of the housing; wheels respectively mounted on shafts of the motors; a battery mounted on the bottom surface of the housing; a riding board mounted on the upper part of the housing to allow a main rider to put feet; a foldable foothold attached to the side wall of the riding board to allow an additional rider to put feet; casters mounted at one side of the foldable foothold; a fitting hole formed at the other side of the foldable foothold; and a bracket assembled to the fitting hole through a rotary shaft and attached to the side wall of the riding board, the bracket having assembly holes.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: ROBO3 CO., LTD.Inventor: Joon-Hyung Kim
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Patent number: 9919762Abstract: A backpack type self balancing scooter having a foot-driven steering apparatus mounted thereon is provided, including: two wheels having motors mounted thereon; a motor housing for mounting the motors therein in such a manner as to allow rotary shafts of the motors to be located linearly to each other; a footrest; a shuttle ring mounted on any one side of the footrest; an erecting housing, a controller mounted on the upper portion, a cover disposed coveringly on top thereof, and an insertion hole formed on the center of the cover; a saddle; and a backpack. The rider walks in the state of carrying the backpack on the back, or puts the backpack on the around, sits on the saddle to drive the self balancing scooter in the state where both hands are free, while conducting the direction changes through the shuttle ring turned with his or her foot.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: ROBO3 CO., LTD.Inventors: Joon Hyung Kim, Gwang Seok Jeon
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Patent number: 9604692Abstract: The present invention relates to a hands-free balancing scooter steered twistedly with feet that includes: a housing; a controller mounted on the upper portion of the housing to control driving and direction changes of the balancing scooter; motors mounted on both sides of the housing and having wheels mounted on the shafts thereof; a battery mounting portion formed on the bottom surface of the housing so as to mount a battery therein; a foothold located on top of the housing to allow a rider's both feet to be stepped thereon and having a handle formed on one side thereof and two through holes formed thereon to allow manipulating rods of rotary motion sensors embedded into the housing to protrude therefrom; and turntables mounted on the foothold in such a manner as to be assembled to the manipulating rods of the rotary motion sensors.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: ROBO3 CO., LTD.Inventor: Joon-Hyung Kim
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Patent number: 9598136Abstract: A self balancing scooter steered with thighs is provided, which includes: two wheels having motors mounted; a motor housing for mounting the motors therein so as to allow rotary shafts of the motors to be located linearly; a footrest disposed on top of the motor housing; an erecting housing located on top of the footrest and having a battery and a controller mounted, the controller being adapted to control driving and direction change of the self balancing scooter, a cover disposed on top thereof, and an insertion hole formed on the center of the cover; a saddle having a seatpost fitted to the insertion hole of the cover; and a thigh steering plate mounted just on the underside of the saddle through the seatpost so as to be turned in left and right sides through the thighs of the rider sitting on the saddle to perform the direction change.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: ROBO3 CO., LTD.Inventors: Joon-Hyung Kim, Hwa Sung Jun
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Publication number: 20160318581Abstract: A backpack type self balancing scooter having a foot-driven steering apparatus mounted thereon is provided, including: two wheels having motors mounted thereon; a motor housing for mounting the motors therein in such a manner as to allow rotary shafts of the motors to be located linearly to each other; a footrest; a shuttle ring mounted on any one side of the footrest; an erecting housing, a controller mounted on the upper portion, a cover disposed coveringly on top thereof, and an insertion hole formed on the center of the cover; a saddle; and a backpack. The rider walks in the state of carrying the backpack on the back, or puts the backpack on the around, sits on the saddle to drive the self balancing scooter in the state where both hands are free, while conducting the direction changes through the shuttle ring turned with his or her foot.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: ROBO3 CO., LTD.Inventors: Joon Hyung KIM, Gwang Seok JEON
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Patent number: 9434438Abstract: Disclosed is a method for driving a two-wheel self-balancing scooter to maintain straight drivability at occurrence of external force. The method includes a driving ready step of applying a power to the two-wheel self-balancing scooter (S10), a driving step of setting a driving speed and a forward/backward direction by leaning an occupant's body forward or backward (S20), when one wheel goes flat, a revolutions increasing step of rapidly increasing revolutions of the flat wheel (S30), a revolutions decreasing step of decreasing revolutions of a normal wheel according to the revolutions of the flat wheel (S40), a revolutions synchronizing step of equally setting the revolutions of the flat wheel and the normal wheel (S50), and a synchronization repeating step of repeating the revolutions synchronizing step (S60).Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: ROBO3 CO., LTD.Inventors: Joon-Hyung Kim, Hwa Sung Jun
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Publication number: 20140008138Abstract: An electric vehicle including: an operating shaft inserted into the center of the upper portion of a motor housing and having steering handles mounted on the front end thereof to change the drive direction of the vehicle; motors mounted onto the interiors of both sides of the motor housing and having front wheels coupled correspondingly thereto; a foot board mounted on the rear side of the operating shaft; a battery and a controller mounted on the underside of the foot board; a rear connection member protruded backwardly from the board and having a caster mounted on the underside thereof; and a front connection member protruded forwardly from the foot board, coupled by a connection shaft to foot board shaft holes formed on the lower ends of both sides of the motor housing, in a state of being isolated downwardly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: ROBO3 Co.,Ltd.Inventors: Joon Hyung Kim, Tae Ho Kang
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Publication number: 20130248573Abstract: The present invention relates to a backpack type bag with a self-balancing electric vehicle mounted thereon that includes: two wheels each having a motor mounted thereon; a foot board mounted on the top surface of each motor; a support rod fixed on the foot boards; a housing disposed on one side of the support rod for accommodating batteries and a controller thereinto; a handle mounted on the top portion of the support rod in such a manner as to be inserted and drawn into/from the support rod; and a bag adapted to encompass the support rod and the housing, whereby the bag into which a user's items are put is carried on the user's shoulders, and in a state where the bag is placed above the wheels, the user rides the self-balancing electric vehicle after his feet place on the foot boards.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: ROBO3 Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joon Hyung Kim, Gwang-Seok Jeon
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Patent number: 8322478Abstract: The present invention relates to a hands-free electric scooter including: a bottom housing; a steering housing disposed on the bottom housing; a steering shaft having a pressurizing plate mounted along the lower periphery thereof, a horizontal protrusion formed on one side of the pressurizing plate, a manipulating rod mounted on the underside of the horizontal protrusion, and a stopper mounted along the intermediate periphery thereof; a steering jig having an insertion hole formed at one side thereof, a micro switch mounted at the rear side of the insertion hole and having a grounding stick disposed at one side thereof, and an installation hole formed at the front side of the insertion hole; and a potential meter adapted to control direction changes of the hands-free electric scooter.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Robo3 Co., Ltd.Inventor: Joon Hyung Kim