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Laterally tiltable, multitrack vehicle

US9248857B2 · kind B2 · utility

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70References

19Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Robert Spahl · Cologne, DE
Edmund Halfmann · Neuss, DE
Torsten Gerhardt · London, GB
Marc Simon · Whitefish Bay, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 7, 2014
Grant date	Feb 2, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 7, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62D31/003
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A laterally tiltable, multitrack vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle includes a vehicle body and at least three wheels, first and second wheels of the three wheels being assigned to a common axle to form a first wheel pair. The vehicle includes at least one wheel control part suspending each of the first and second wheels of the wheel pair from the vehicle body. At least one resilient element supports each wheel control part on the vehicle body. The resilient element has a non-linear spring characteristic with a spring rate which increases in a compression direction and decreases in a rebound direction. The vehicle may be a motor vehicle.

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