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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Taro Iwamoto, Mito, JP;
Hiroshi Yamamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180-95 ; 180-654 ; 180-67 ; 180-91 ; 180-923 ; 180907 ; 280-522 ; 280D / ; 301 / ; 305 29 ; 305 / ; 901-1 ;
Abstract
A vehicle has a pair of endless tracks each extending around a series of wheels arranged in a plane adjacent to one side of the vehicle body. One of the series of wheels on each side of the vehicle body is movable relative to the vehicle body to a selected position to vary the configuration of the endless track in side view so that the vehicle is given a superior running performance and is freely movable along paths having various obstacles.