Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle
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Application No.: US14899072Application Date: 2015-02-23
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Publication No.: US09616922B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Masanobu Suzuki
- Applicant: SEARCHWARE KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Shizuoka
- Assignee: SEARCHWARE KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: SEARCHWARE KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Shizuoka
- Agency: Maier & Maier, PLLC
- Priority: JP2014-054818 20140318; JP2014-131937 20140626; JP2014-137106 20140702; JP2014-143981 20140714
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/054911 WO 20150223
- International Announcement: WO2015/141390 WO 20150924
- Main IPC: B60K1/00
- IPC: B60K1/00 ; B62D9/02 ; B62K21/00 ; B62D11/20 ; B62K5/01 ; B60G3/14 ; B60G3/26 ; B60L7/12 ; B60L11/18 ; B60L15/20 ; B62D9/00 ; B62D9/04

Abstract:
Provided is a vehicle which, when a pair of left and right wheels are displaced with respect to the vehicle body due to the difference in drive force between the wheels, the two wheels are reliably displaced vertically in opposite directions such that neither wheel is disproportionately displaced and such that both wheels are steered during said displacement of both wheels vertically in opposite directions. An electric motor applies drive torque to the front wheels individually. A vehicle body frame supports the front wheel support member to allow rotation about a forwardly inclined steering axis (Lf). By allowing rotation of the front wheel support member about the steering axis (Lf), the front wheels are displaced relatively to one another vertically in opposite directions with respect to the vehicle body frame and the front wheels are steered.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160129937A1 VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2016-05-12
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