Rear wheel self-steering system for vehicle

Details Rear wheel self-steering system for vehicle Rear wheel self-steering system for vehicle

1994-12-01

1996-06-18

Rice, Kenneth R.

Motor vehicles

Having four wheels driven

With means for steering all driven wheels

180237, 180410, 280 816, 280 911, B60K 17358

Patent

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055268951

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates a rear wheel self-steering system for a vehicle which can minimize a turning radius of a vehicle and a tire wear by independently steering the rear wheel during cornering. The system includes a side frame, a first spring mounted on a first rear wheel axle below the side frame and having a front end fixed to the side frame, a second spring mounted on a second rear wheel axle below the side frame and having a rear end fixed to the side frame, and a steering control part for controlling a distance between the first and second rear wheel axles in accordance with a vehicle's running state such that when the vehicle is in cornering the first rear wheel axle becomes far away from the second rear wheel axle, the steering system connecting the first and second spring members to each other.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3048422 (1962-08-01), Payne et al.
patent: 3454123 (1969-07-01), Lewis

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