Vehicle with wheel toe device

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1994-08-18

1996-01-09

Culbreth, Eric D.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Running gear

180274, 180311, 280661, B62D 2100

Patent

active

054823226

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle including a vehicle frame having a pair of longitudinally extending support rails disposed in spaced relationship with respect to one another and terminating at one end proximal to a front of the vehicle, at least one pair of wheels and a steering mechanism operatively connected to the wheels for controlling the direction of the vehicle in response to driver input through the steering mechanism, the steering mechanism including a pair of tie rods operatively connected to the wheels to control the rotation of the wheels about a vertical axis, and a pair of tie rod impact members fixedly mounted to the support rails and movable in a direction substantially longitudinally along the support rails in response to a predetermined force acting on the vehicle such that the tie rod impact members engage the tie rods to cause the wheels to rotate about a vertical axis independent of driver input through the steering mechanism.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3498630 (1970-03-01), Crawford
patent: 3794342 (1974-02-01), Froumajou et al.
patent: 3881742 (1975-05-01), Felzer
patent: 4090721 (1978-05-01), Wedin et al.
patent: 5275436 (1994-01-01), Pomero

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