Patent ID: 11912368
Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An electric scooter for a user, comprising:
two wheels,
an elongated platform mounted on the two wheels and arranged to receive at least one foot of the user,
a steering handlebar articulated relative to the platform and connected to one of the two wheels, and
a safety device with an inflatable cushion arranged to be deployed in case of sudden deceleration of the scooter, the inflatable cushion having, after or during a deployment, a width greater than or equal to 80% of a size of the handlebar, at least at the handlebar, and having a frontward and upward deployed direction inclined toward the front of the handlebar relative to a vertical by an angle of between 45° and 5° when the scooter is resting on horizontal ground,
wherein the inflatable cushion is deployed to overlap the front of the handlebar and configured to protect the user standing on the elongated platform of the electric scooter,
wherein, in an undeployed condition, the inflatable cushion is in a rolled configuration in a clockwise direction, when viewed from a left side, with the handlebar oriented toward the front, thereby deploying in the frontward direction relative to the scooter during the deployment, and
wherein the rolled inflatable cushion is folded with a U-shape, when viewed from the front, and arms of the U-shaped inflatable cushion are arranged substantially parallel to a steering column of the scooter and have edges folded back on themselves with the arms oriented upward.