Universal Vehicle Self-Right Apparatus

摘要

A self-right apparatus is a device for automatically returning an overturned vehicle to an upright orientation. The device features a base plate that is mountable to a vehicle and a flip plate that is hingedly connected to the base plate via a pivot axle. The flip plate is held in place by a trigger mechanism engaged to a catch until the device is ready to be deployed to flip the overturned vehicle. The device utilizes a clutched servo mechanism that is connected to the trigger mechanism. The clutched servo mechanism is actuated in order to release the trigger mechanism from the catch and allow the flip plate to rotate about the pivot axle via force provided by a plurality of torsion springs. The flip plate is pressed against the surface on which the vehicle has become overturned, causing the vehicle to flip and return to its original upright orientation.

主权项

1. A self-right apparatus comprises:
a spring-loaded piano hinge; a trigger mechanism; a catch; a fulcrum; a clutched servo mechanism; the spring-loaded piano hinge comprises a flip plate and a base plate; the trigger mechanism comprises a spring-tensioned latch and a rotation slot; the clutched servo mechanism comprises a linkage bar; the flip plate and the base plate each comprise an inner surface and an outer surface; the fulcrum being connected normal and adjacent to the outer surface of the base plate; the rotation slot traversing through the fulcrum and the base plate; the spring-tensioned latch being positioned within the rotation slot; the spring-tensioned latch being rotatably mounted in between the fulcrum; the spring-tensioned latch being pivotally and adjacently connected to the linkage bar; the catch being mounted normal and adjacent to the inner surface of the flip plate; and the spring-tensioned latch being selectively engaged to the catch.