Articulated vehicle

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1979-12-03

1982-09-28

Peters, Jr., Joseph F.

Motor vehicles

Surface effect vehicles

Dynamic seal or fluid curtain

280426, B62D 53000

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043514081

ABSTRACT:
An articulated vehicle including a front member having at least two axles, the forwardmost one of which is steerable, and a rear member, connected to the front member by a pivotal joint, having at least one axle and an engine for driving that axle. A first transducer produces a signal representative of the angle between the steerable axle and another axle of the front member, and a second transducer produces a signal representative of the buckling angle between the vehicle members. A comparator receives the transducer signals and produces a signal in the event that the actual buckling angle is less or greater than a theoretical buckling angle, the latter being determined by the signal from the first transducer. A device, such as a piston and cylinder device, responds to the comparator signal by producing a torque about the pivotal joint to increase or decrease, as the case may be, the actual buckling angle so that it approaches the theoretical buckling angle.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2833557 (1958-05-01), Palmiter
patent: 3515235 (1970-06-01), Kamner
patent: 3771241 (1973-11-01), Lindell
patent: 3834480 (1974-09-01), McGee
patent: 4106792 (1978-08-01), Schultz et al.

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