MUMBAI, India, Jan. 8 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511105677 A) filed by Hcl Technologies Limited, New Delhi, on Oct. 31, 2025, for 'auxiliary wheel assembly and locking device thereof.'
Inventor(s) include S. Karthik; S. Sridhar; and Raghuraman Ganesan.
The application for the patent was published on Dec. 12, under issue no. 50/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A locking device (102), an auxiliary wheel assembly, and a two-wheeler vehicle (208) are disclosed. The locking device (102) includes a pair of pivot arms (104) adjoined to a first surface (106) of a chassis (108) of two-wheeler vehicle (208). The pair of pivot arms (104) is configured to switch between a deployed position (100b) and a stowed position (100a). The locking device (102) includes a locking assembly (110) mechanically coupled with pair of pivot arms (104). The locking assembly (110) includes a spring-loaded arm (112) affixed to each of pair of pivot arms (104) and subjected to deformation under application of a predefined force, and locks the movement of each of pair of pivot arms (104) in response to deformation. The locking assembly (110) includes a passive load-sensitive element (124) engaged to an end of each of pair of pivot arms (104), preventing backward folding."
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