MUMBAI, India, Aug. 8 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411004140 A) filed by Hero Motocorp Limited, New Delhi, on Jan. 20, 2024, for 'a modular vehicle.'

Inventor(s) include Choudhary, Deepak; Dwivedi, Satyendra, Dhar; and Gupta, Deepanshu.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 8, under issue no. 32/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A modular vehicle (400) configured to be converted between a two-wheeled configuration (200) and a multi-wheeled configuration (400) is disclosed. The modular vehicle comprises a two-wheeled vehicle (200), a leg shield etc. The two-wheeled vehicle comprises a leg shield (230), a first switch (110), a second switch (120), and a control unit (10). The first switch is disposed on the leg shield and communicatively coupled to the control unit to transmit a signal to the control unit to determine state of motion of the modular vehicle. The second switch is communicatively coupled with the control unit and configured to be selectively operable, based on the state of motion of the modular vehicle determined by the control unit, to facilitate conversion of the modular vehicle between the two-wheeled configuration and the multi-wheeled configuration. The present disclosure provides a two- stage authentication process for enablement of conversion of the modular vehicle."

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