VEHICLE

• Main Authors: UNO YOKO, TAKAYANAGI SHINJI, UEDA SHINGO, SUGITA HARUOMI, KOBAYASHI HIROETSU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.04.2010
• 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; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORCYCLES; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic four-wheeled vehicle capable of giving a steering angle in accordance with right and left oscillation by a simple structure. SOLUTION: This automatic four-wheeled vehicle 10 is provided with a vehicle front part 10A including a vehicle body frame 20, a steering shaft 51 attached rotatably to a head pipe 21 arranged in the front of the vehicle body frame 20, a steering stem 54 connected to the steering shaft 51 via a link mechanism 53, and a pair of right and left front wheels 48, 48 connected to the steering stem 54 via right and left tie-rods 47, 47; and a vehicle rear part 10B including a power unit 92 consisting of an engine 92a and a transmission mechanism 92b, and a pair of right and left rear wheels 93, 93 connected to the power unit 92. It is further provided with a front part oscillation mechanism 70A pivotally supporting the vehicle body frame 20 in the vehicle front part 10A oscillatingly, and a rear part oscillation mechanism 70B pivotally supporting the vehicle body frame 20 in the vehicle rear part 10B oscillatingly. The front part oscillation shaft 71 of the front part oscillation mechanism 70A and the rear part oscillation shaft 72 of the rear part oscillation mechanism 70B are on different axis lines. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT