Steerable wheels of land vehicles
US4890857A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 11, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jan 2, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 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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