Motor vehicles – Steering by driving – Combined with manual steering
Patent
1979-04-03
1981-06-23
Silverstrim, John P.
Motor vehicles
Steering by driving
Combined with manual steering
180 2405, 180 2408, 180 2412, 280797, B62D 1102
Patent
active
042745020
ABSTRACT:
An automotive vehicle is provided, for use inter alia as a mobile anti-tank guided missile-firing platform, which is sufficiently inexpensive to be expendable in battle and can be readily carried by a helicopter. The vehicle has a main frame comprising a pair of longitudinal closed box section members joined to form a ladder construction by a cross member and having strong points for the mounting of an engine and gearbox. The ground wheels, which lean outwards by about 5 degrees, are mounted on stub axles journalled in the box section members and are all driven by chains housed in oil baths within the box section members. Steering is accomplished by braking the transmission on one side or the other. The wheel tires are low pressure raw hide tires. The closed box section members project below the body of the vehicle and have toboggan-shaped ends to act as runners in snow. The body of the vehicle is constructed as a waterproof box to give buoyancy. The front and back wheels are higher on the frame than the center wheels.
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"Automotive Digest", 8/1953, pp. 83-94.
Rose Howard L.
Silverstrim John P.
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