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Title: US6374934: One-seat motor vehicle
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Country: US United States of America

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Inventor: Beck, Peter; Stuttgart, Germany
Langbein, Reinhold; Esslingen, Germany
Wojatschek, Jurgen; Esslingen, Germany

Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, Germany
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Published / Filed: 2002-04-23 / 2000-03-23

Application Number: US2000000463742

IPC Code: Advanced: A61G 5/00; A61G 5/04; B62D 63/02;
Core: B62D 63/00; more...
IPC-7: B60K 1/00;

ECLA Code: B62D63/02; L60G300/40;

U.S. Class: Current: 180/065.51; 180/208; 180/242; 180/908;
Original: 180/065.5; 180/242; 180/208; 180/908;

Field of Search: 180/209,210,213,242,237,245,65.1,65.5,89.13,906,8.2,7.1,345,208,907,908,21,8.7,901 280/647

Priority Number:
1997-07-31  DE1997019733033

Abstract:     A single-seater motor vehicle includes (1) a support body having a plurality of supporting arms that are mounted in a horizontally and vertically displaceable manner; (2) a vehicle seat arranged on a support body; (3) a control device; and (4) a plurality of wheels, wherein each of said wheels is arranged adjustably or pivotably on a supporting arm. The support body the supporting arms can be set in at least three positions by automatic or manual adjustment of the vehicle seat height.

Attorney, Agent or Firm: Crowell & Moring LLP ;

Primary / Asst. Examiners: Johnson, Brian L.; Fischmann, Bryan

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Designated Country: DE FR GB IT  EP JP KR US 

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What is claimed is:     1. A single-seater motor vehicle, comprising:
  • a support body comprising a plurality of supporting arms that are mounted in a horizontally and vertically displaceable manner;
  • a vehicle seat arranged on the support body;
  • a control device; and
  • a plurality of wheels arranged adjustably or pivotably on the support body, wherein each of said wheels is mounted on a supporting arm, wherein at least two of the wheels each comprise a drive for at least two driving speeds;
  • wherein the support body and the supporting arms can be set in at least three positions by automatic adjustment of the vehicle seat height,
  • wherein said at least three positions comprise:
    • a first position for high-speed driving, wherein at least a rear track width and a wheel base are greater than in a second position and a third position;
    • a second position for low-speed driving having a smaller wheel base and a smaller track width than in the first position and wherein the vehicle seat height is greater than the first position and the third position; and
    • a third position wherein the supporting arms and the support body are folded up and nested in one another.


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PCT Number: PCT/EP98/04446    WO9906002

PCT Pub./Filed Dates: 1999-02-11 / 1998-07-16

§ 371 / 102(e) Dates: 2000-03-23 / 2000-03-23

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Other Abstract Info: DERABS G1999-153419

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