Patent · US Expired

Steerable wheels of land vehicles

US4890857A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 11, 1988
Grant dateJan 2, 1990
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Expiry dateJan 11, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62K25/24
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The device for the suspension and steering of a vehicle wheel of the type having two arms pivoted, on the one hand, at the stub axle bracket that they support, and on the other hand, at the vehicle body around axes substantially orthogonal to the axial longitudinal plane of symmetry of the vehicle, the stub axle bracket has the general shape of a tetrahedron A'B'C'D', one of the apex D' being a point of the stub axle axis D'D", two apex A'B' defining the steering axis being the centers of pivoting joints with each of the arms AA' and BB' and the fourth apex C' being the center of a pivoting joint with the steering control kinematic train, and applying to improvements to front wheel of land vehicles.

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