VEHICLE

• Main Authors: HASEBE, MASAHIRO, HOSOKAWA, TSUKASA, HORIGUCHI, MUNEHISA, TACHIBANA, TAKUMI, NAITO, TAKASHI, MIKI, NOBUAKI, DOI, KATSUNORI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 09.09.2009
• Subjects: CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; CYCLES; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORCYCLES; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

The present invention provides a vehicle that can improve its cornering performance to perform a stable cornering and also that can reduce burden on a driver to ensure comfort. Because, by bending and stretching a link mechanism 30, both of left and right wheels 12L and 12R can be inclined toward inside of cornering to generate a camber thrust by a lateral force, an increase in cornering force can be attempted. In addition, by bending and stretching the link mechanism, an occupant portion can be inclined in accordance with an inclination of a connecting link 40, and thus the center of gravity of the vehicle can be moved toward its inner wheel during cornering. Hereby, by preventing lifting of the inner wheel during cornering, an improvement in cornering performance can be attempted. In addition, by inclining the occupant portion toward the inner wheel during cornering in this way, a centrifugal force can become less likely to be felt by the occupant.