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Patent No.:

US 10639953 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2018

Automatic tilting vehicle

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;

Inventors:

Yukihide Kimura, Gotenba, JP;

Toshihide Yano, Susono, JP;

Junrou Yamamoto, Susono, JP;

Taku Nagasawa, Susono, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;

Attorney:

Oliff PLC

Primary Examiner:

Laura Freedman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/016 (2006.01); B60G 21/08 (2006.01); B60G 21/00 (2006.01); B60G 17/018 (2006.01); B62D 9/02 (2006.01); B62K 5/10 (2013.01); B62K 5/08 (2006.01); B62K 5/027 (2013.01); B60G 17/0195 (2006.01); B62K 5/05 (2013.01); B62J 45/40 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/0162 (2013.01); B60G 17/0182 (2013.01); B60G 17/0195 (2013.01); B60G 21/007 (2013.01); B60G 21/08 (2013.01); B62D 9/02 (2013.01); B62K 5/027 (2013.01); B62K 5/08 (2013.01); B62K 5/10 (2013.01); B60G 21/005 (2013.01); B60G 2202/42 (2013.01); B60G 2300/122 (2013.01); B60G 2300/45 (2013.01); B60G 2400/0511 (2013.01); B60G 2400/0521 (2013.01); B60G 2400/0523 (2013.01); B60G 2400/102 (2013.01); B60G 2400/104 (2013.01); B60G 2400/106 (2013.01); B60G 2400/204 (2013.01); B60G 2400/208 (2013.01); B60G 2400/302 (2013.01); B60G 2400/34 (2013.01); B60G 2400/39 (2013.01); B60G 2400/40 (2013.01); B60G 2400/41 (2013.01); B60G 2401/28 (2013.01); B60G 2401/904 (2013.01); B60G 2600/20 (2013.01); B60G 2600/604 (2013.01); B60G 2800/012 (2013.01); B60G 2800/70 (2013.01); B62J 45/40 (2020.02); B62K 5/05 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automatic tilting vehicle is provided that includes left and right front wheels supported by knuckles, a steerable rear wheel, a vehicle tilting device, and a control unit. The vehicle tilting device includes a swing member, a tilt actuator for swing the swing member, and a pair of tie rods pivotally attached to the swing member and the knuckles. The control unit calculates a target lateral acceleration of the vehicle, estimates a lateral acceleration of the vehicle caused by the gyro moments of the wheels and calculates a target tilt angle of the vehicle based on a sum of the target lateral acceleration and the lateral acceleration caused by the gyro moments.

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