Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1997-08-12
1999-12-14
Oberleitner, Robert J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
280418, B60D 3022
Patent
active
060007087
ABSTRACT:
A self tracking land vehicle includes a number of cargo or passenger cars and a drive car. Each cargo car may have a chassis with a standardized container mounted on it. At least front and rear axles which have at least two inflatable tires each are provided for each of the cars. The front axle is pivotable about a vertical axis with respect to the car, and the rear axle is fixed. A substantially transversely rigid connection connects the front of each car to the rear of the preceding car, to form a land train. Each car and associated transversely rigid connection is substantially the same length, and all of the axles of all of the cars are spaced from each other substantially the same effective longitudinal distance, so that the train is self tracking. At least some of the axles of some of the cars may be driven by an electric motor, and a lead drive car is provided having a front with at least one steerable axle, a power plant in the front car producing electricity to drive all of the electric motors.
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Harp James J.
Molten Robert
Harlab Enterprises, Inc.
Oberleitner Robert J.
Yeagley Daniel
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