Motor vehicles – Special wheel base – Five or more wheels
Patent
1989-12-21
1990-10-23
Rice, Kenneth R.
Motor vehicles
Special wheel base
Five or more wheels
180 2408, 180 2413, 280682, 280685, B62D 6110
Patent
active
049644807
ABSTRACT:
An all-terrain vehicle including centrally pivoted bogies on opposite sides of the vehicle body with main wheels and auxiliary wheels mounted on opposite ends of the bogies with the auxiliary wheels extending further outwardly from the vehicle body than the main wheels, stabilizing sockets on the bogies for receiving arms mounted on the vehicle body for supporting the bogies against lateral deflection, a linkage including an elongated link extending crosswise of the vehicle body and pivotally mounted on a standard, and links mounted between the ends of the elongated link and the bogies for effectively coupling bogies on opposite sides of the vehicle body to each other. A positive drive is provided to both the main wheels and the auxiliary wheels to cause them to rotate at the same peripheral speeds. An all-terrain vehicle including levers pivotally mounted at their inner ends on the vehicle body, wheels mounted at the outer ends of the levers, stabilizing arms on the vehicle body extending into stabilizing sockets on the outer ends of the levers, a standard on the vehicle body, elongated links pivotally mounted on the standard and extending crosswise of the vehicle body, and links having first ends connected to the outer ends of the elongated link and second ends pivotally connected to the levers. An all-terrain vehicle of the above type including a steering linkage for the wheels on the pivotal bogies and also including a positive drive to the steerable wheels.
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Gastel Joseph P.
Rice Kenneth R.
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