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Mobility
Stories containing inventions related to Mobility, tracing similar ideas across companies and years through patent drawings.
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Things · Bicycles
A Bicycle with Feet: Eight Patents That Rework the Ride
Wheels with shoes, energy-storing frames and a push-pull tricycle: eight US patents rethink how cycles meet the ground, take human input and pack away.
Things · Furniture
Giving Chair Frames New Jobs: Ten Patent Drawings
Wear it on your legs. Carry it as a backpack. Turn it into a desk, ironing board, stepladder, bed, cart, stroller or exercise machine. Ten US patent drawings show chairs taking on jobs far beyond sitting.
Things · Travel
How Far Can a Suitcase Transform? 10 Strange Ideas Found in Patents
A suitcase that follows you, becomes a scooter, climbs stairs, unfolds into shelves, changes size, turns into a work table, inflates with air, carries a child, becomes a bed, or weighs itself through the handle.
Companies · Toyota
Ride It, Wear It, Follow It: 8 Toyota Patents for Mobility That Moves Closer to People
An adjustable-wheelbase personal mobility device, a wearable robot, a wheelchair that follows a companion, a moving display experience, morphing seat bolsters, a hitch-mounted robot, an autonomous trolley drive unit, and a locker that drives to the recipient: eight Toyota patents that shrink mobility down toward the human scale.
Companies · Ford
Inside Ford’s Vehicle Patents: Sliding Desks, Folding Steering Wheels and Drones
Seats that face each other, an autonomous-mode theater, a dashboard desk, a tailgate sawhorse, a vehicle-launched drone, delivery-robot assistance, pet mode, outward HUD projection, self-moving repossession, and a tilting steering wheel: ten Ford patent drawings that rethink what a car can become.
Companies · Honda
Walk, Grasp, Support, Ride, Fly: Honda Patents That Expand Mobility
A hand-holding biped robot, five-finger robot hand, sign-language robot, bodyweight support assist, upper-body assist frame, omnidirectional personal mobility, an automated wheelchair-to-vehicle interface, telepresence robot, a self-moving shopping cart and eVTOL: ten Honda patent drawings that push mobility beyond the car.
Companies · Google
When Computers Leave the Screen: 10 Google Patents
Sticky car hoods, VR shoes, robot personalities, flying telepresence screens and balloon networks: ten Google patents that sketch some unexpected futures.
Things · Mobility
Walking Cars and Laser Wipers: 10 Unusual Automotive Patents
Walking cars, laser-cleaned windshields, removable controls, AR glass and rotating cabins: ten patents that rethink what a car has to be.