Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1987-11-27
1988-10-25
Love, John J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
180140, 180148, 74422, 74498, 74839, 74 8917, B62D 522, B62D 312
Patent
active
047798807
ABSTRACT:
A four-wheel steering system in a wheeled vehicle the front wheel steering mechanism of which is drivingly interconnected to a rear wheel steering mechanism to steer the rear road wheels in either the same or the opposite direction as the front road wheels in dependence upon the turn-angle of the steering wheel of the vehicle. In the steering system, the rear wheel steering mechanism includes an operation rod operatively connected at the opposite ends thereof to the rear road wheels, and a connecting mechanism is assembled in combination with the rear wheel steering mechanism for effecting axial displacement of the operation rod in response to operation of the front wheel steering mechanism and for controlling the displacement direction of the operation rod in dependence upon the turn-angle of the steering wheel.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2302995 (1942-11-01), Holmes
patent: 3864982 (1975-02-01), Martinozzi
patent: 4648614 (1987-03-01), Hyodo
patent: 4691932 (1987-09-01), Hyodo
Ferriter Karin L.
Love John J.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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