Steering and drive system

Details Steering and drive system Steering and drive system

1984-03-16

1985-12-10

Gluck, Richard E.

Motor vehicles

Having four wheels driven

Including pump and fluid motor, or generator and electric...

180154, B62D 506

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045573468

ABSTRACT:
A steering and drive system for a four-wheeled vehicle (10) with two non-steering and non-driving wheels (16, 17) at one end of the vehicle, in which the system includes two wheel brackets (23, 32) at the other end of the vehicle, each wheel bracket having a motor-driven wheel (18, 19) mounted thereon, and each wheel bracket being mounted on the vehicle for turning about a vertical axis which passes through the angle of rotation of the wheel thereon, and a double-ended hydraulic cylinder (35) having a housing (36) fixed to the frame (15) of the vehicle and a reciprocating piston (41) whose ends are connected by links (47, 53) to the two wheel brackets to provide a tie between the wheels and Ackerman steering.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3480100 (1969-11-01), Gaulke
patent: 4219094 (1980-08-01), Sturgill
Spacesaver 30-100 Cushion Tire Trucks, Hyster Company, Danville, IL, Dec. 1980.

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