I/We Claim:
1. A handlebar adjustment apparatus 100 for a two-wheeled vehicle,
the apparatus 100 comprising:
5 a top plate 102 comprising a first handlebar 106-1 and a second
handlebar 106-2 mounted at corresponding opposite ends of the top plate
102 using a first clamp 108-1 and a second clamp 108-2, respectively, and
forming an angle with respect to a horizontal axis corresponding to a
surface of the top plate 102;
10 a bottom plate 104 placed below the top plate 102;
a control unit to:
receive an input from a rider of the two wheeled vehicle, the
input comprising at least one of an indication to change an angle
between the first handlebar 106-1 and the second handlebar 106-2
15 and an indication to move the first and the second handlebars 106-
1, 106-2 upward or downward;
a handlebar angle adjustment unit mounted on the top plate 102, the
handlebar adjustment unit is to rotate the first and second clamps 108-1,
108-2 to change the angle of each of the first and the second handlebars
20 106-1, 106-2 such that an angle between the first handlebar 106-1 and the
second handlebar 106-2 is changed;
a scissor lift unit mounted on the bottom plate 104 to move the top
plate 102 upward and downward in a vertical axis corresponding to a
surface of the bottom plate 104 in response to the input received from the
25 rider such that the first handlebar 106-1 and the second handlebar 106-2
are moved upward and downward, the scissor lift unit comprising at least a
first rod 124 and a second rod 126 connected with each other in a cross
shape, the first rod 124 and the second rod 126 being movable with respect
to each other such that ends of the rods 124, 126 move close with respect
30 to each other to lift the top plate 102 and ends of the rods 124, 126 move
away from each other to lower the top plate 102.
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2. The handlebar adjustment apparatus 100 as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the bottom plate 104 is affixed to front forks of the two wheeled
vehicle, the front forks connecting a front wheel of the two wheeled vehicle
5 to a frame of the two wheeled vehicle through the bottom plate 104.
3. The handlebar adjustment apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein
the top plate 102 is connected to the front forks through the first clamp 108-
1 and the second clamp 108-2 such that the top plate 102 is movable along
10 the front forks using the scissor lift unit.
4. The handlebar adjustment apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the first clamp 108-1 comprises a first spur gear 110-1 formed along at least
a part of a circumference of the first clamp 108-1 and the second clamp
15 108-2 comprises a second spur gear 110-2 formed along at least a part of
a circumference of the second clamp 108-2.
5. The handlebar adjustment apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein
the handlebar angle adjustment unit comprises a first worm gear 112-1 and
20 a second worm gear 112-2.
6. The handlebar adjustment apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein
the handlebar angle adjustment unit comprises a first helical gear 114, a
second helical gear 116 and a motor 118 mounted on the top plate 104 and
25 connected to the first helical gear 114 to rotate the first helical gear 114 in
response to the input received from the rider and, wherein the first worm
gear 112-1, second worm gear 112-2 and second helical gear 116 are
connected to a shaft 122 and the second helical gear 116 is coupled to the
first helical gear 114 such that the second helical gear 116 rotates in
30 relation to a rotational movement of the first helical gear 114 to rotate the
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shaft 122 and the first and the second worm gears 112-1, 112-2 connected
to the shaft 122.
7. The handlebar adjustment apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein
5 the handlebar angle adjustment unit comprises:
a first motor mounted on the top plate 102 to rotate the first worm
gear 112-1 in response to the input received from the rider;
a second motor mounted on the top plate 102 to rotate the second
worm gear 112-2 in response to input received from the rider.
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8. The handlebar adjustment apparatus as claimed in claim 6 or claim
7, wherein the first worm gear 112-1 is coupled to the first spur gear 110-1
such that the first spur gear 110-1 rotates in relation to a rotational
movement of the first worm gear 112-1 to adjust the angle of the first
15 handlebar 106-1, and the second worm gear 112-2 is coupled to the second
spur gear 110-2 such that the second spur gear 110-2 rotates in relation to
a rotational movement of the second worm gear 112-2 to change the angle
of the second handlebar 106-2.
20 9. The handlebar adjustment apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the scissor lift unit comprises:
a screw rod 128 provided in a slot 130 formed in the bottom plate
104;
a connecting element 132 slidably positioned on the screw rod 128;
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a first gear 134 connected to the screw rod 128,
wherein the first gear 134 is operable through a third motor mounted
on the bottom plate 104 to rotate the screw rod 128 in response to the input
received from the rider.
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10. The handlebar adjustment apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein
a first end 124-1 of the first rod 124 is affixed to the bottom plate 104 and a
first end 126-1 of the second rod 126 is connected to the connecting
element 132, and wherein a second end 124-2, 126-2 of each of the first
5 rod 124 and the second rod 126 is coupled to the top plate 102 such that
when the connecting element 132 moves along the screw rod 128 in a first
direction, the first end 126-1 of the second rod 126 moves towards the first
end 124-1 of the first rod 124 to lift the top plate 102 and when the
connecting element moves along the screw rod 128 in a second direction,
10 the first end 126-1 of the second rod 128 moves away from the first end
124-1 of the first rod 124 to lower the top plate 102.
11. The handlebar adjustment apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein
the first gear 134 is a miter gear.