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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Marc Simon, Köln, DE;
Lutz Eckstein, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 7/00 (2006.01); B62D 7/14 (2006.01); B62D 7/20 (2006.01); B60G 7/00 (2006.01); B62D 9/02 (2006.01); B60K 5/10 (2006.01); B60G 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 7/146 (2013.01); B60G 3/20 (2013.01); B60G 7/001 (2013.01); B60K 5/10 (2013.01); B62D 7/20 (2013.01); B62D 9/02 (2013.01); B60G 2200/144 (2013.01); B60G 2200/156 (2013.01); B60G 2200/445 (2013.01); B60G 2202/412 (2013.01); B60G 2202/413 (2013.01); B60G 2202/42 (2013.01); B60G 2300/122 (2013.01); B60G 2300/45 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/122 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tilting vehicle having a steering system actively steering a front axle and a rear axle having two wheels that can be deflected individually in a vertical manner with respect to a vehicle body and that are independent of the steering system. The wheels of the rear axle can be steered by passive steering device configured to generate a steering force because of a vertical deflection of the wheels as the vehicle body tilts to one side. The steering force causing wheels to steer towards the opposite side.