Patent ID: 7306247
Filing Date: 2007-12-11
Classification: A61G,B60G,B62D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A suspension structure for an electric wheelchair comprising: a frame having a pair of ears located at either side of a front portion thereof; two cantilevers each having a mid portion pivoted to the respective ears of the frame, so that the cantilevers can swing with respective to the frame; two drive wheels being pivoted to a rear end of the respective cantilevers and rotated by a motor; two rollers fixed pivotally to an outer side of the front end of the respective cantilevers by a pin; four wheel-mounting assemblies arranged in pairs and located at either side of the front and rear ends of the bottom of the frame, each of the four wheel-mounting assemblies is a tubular member having a central hole whose inner periphery provided with elastic buffering member; two front wheel assemblies each provided at an end thereof with a rotatable front wheel and provided at another end thereof with a laterally extending rod to be inserted in the central hole of the respective wheel-mounting assemblies, at a mid portion of the respective front wheel assemblies being arranged an abutting surface for abutting against the rollers; two draglines abutting against the pin at the front end of the cantilevers and being provided with two blocks located at either side of the pin, two ends of the respective draglines pivoted to the frame and the front wheel assemblies, respectively; and two rear wheel assemblies each provided at an end thereof with a rotatable front wheel and at another end thereof with a laterally extending rod to be inserted in the central hole of the respective wheel-mounting assemblies.