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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1981
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1979
Herbert Mehren, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Dieter Braun, Weinstadt, DE;
Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A vehicle adapted to be externally guided mechanically along guide tracks, especially for public local passenger service, which includes a steerable vehicle axle provided with steerable wheels and with maximally bending resistance supporting arms arranged at wheel hubs of the steerable wheels and extending unilaterally forwardly in the driving direction of the vehicle. A transverse guide arrangement is disposed at the forward ends of the supporting arms so as to provide for an automatic track-side influencing of the turning angle of the steerable wheels. A motor is fixedly mounted in a zone of a hub of a steering wheel so as to be capable of operatively acting upon the steering wheel. The motor, when an output part thereof is at a quasi-stand still, is capable of exerting a torque on the steering wheel which torque can be freely selected in its effective direction.