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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masatoshi Iwamoto, Osaka, JP;
Toshinobu Owada, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Kubota Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180209 ; 180906 ; 280638 ;
Abstract
A movable case for making a steerable wheel steerable is slidably held in an axle case, a tie rod for a steering operation is made telescopically movable, and the movable case and the tie rod are arranged to be locked at an extended or retracted position. At the time of effecting tread adjustment, a steering wheel is rotated to its extreme end, and the vehicle is made to run with the movable case made slidable, which allows the movable case to slide outward through the axle case, permitting tread adjustment to be carried out automatically.