FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE WORK VEHICLE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To switch brake actuation for rear wheels to a condition of being linked with steering operation and a condition of not being linked with it in a four-wheel drive work vehicle where a speed increase in front wheels is started by steering not less than a prescribed value. SOLUTI...

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Main Author HIRATA KAZUO
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 22.04.1997
Edition6
Subjects
ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES
ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES
ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES
AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES
INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To switch brake actuation for rear wheels to a condition of being linked with steering operation and a condition of not being linked with it in a four-wheel drive work vehicle where a speed increase in front wheels is started by steering not less than a prescribed value. SOLUTION: A front wheel speed increase device 9 is provided to increase rotational peripheral velocity of these front wheels 6 more than rotational peripheral velocity of rear wheels 7 when a steering turning angle of the front wheels 6 becomes a preset value or more, and independent brakes 10 and 11 are arranged on the respective rear wheels 7, and a linking means 21 is provided to link a front wheel steering means and a brake actuating means with each other so that these respective brakes 10 and 11 are actuated according to steering operation of the front wheels 6, and its linking means 21 is constituted so that linking with the steering means can be freely switched to a linking released condition.
Bibliography:Application Number: JP19960278168