Title:
IMPACT ABSORBING LEG WITH TOP STEERING CONNECTING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3202004
Kind Code:
B
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To ensure the section extended to the maximum limit in a frame and to improve the rigidity by arranging a steering input coupler on the top end part of an external tube and transmitting the steering force to a wheel carrier through the cylinder of a piston/cylinder unit.
SOLUTION: A wheel is steered by a leg assembly through a mechanical steering input coupler 16 provided on the top part of an impact absorbing leg 10, and the steering input coupler 16 has a steering arm 18. According to this structure, the steering force by the steering arm 18 is transmitted to a guide tube 15 and a wheel carrier 14 through the piston/cylinder unit of the leg 10. Because of the overhead steering structure in the impact absorbing leg 10, a frame 20 can be constituted so as to be larger in the lower end part, and the rigidity and stability of the frame 20 can be improved.
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Inventors:
Becker, Otto
Ehmken, Ede
Ehmken, Ede
Application Number:
JP1999000074170
Publication Date:
June 22, 2001
Filing Date:
March 18, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GROVE US LLC
International Classes:
B60G3/00; B60G1/04; B60G11/26; B60G13/00; B60G13/06; B60G15/00; B62D1/02; B62D3/02; B62D7/14; B62D7/18; B62D9/00; B60G3/00; B60G1/00; B60G11/26; B60G13/00; B60G15/00; B62D1/02; B62D3/00; B62D7/00; B62D7/14; B62D9/00; (IPC1-7): B62D7/18; B60G1/04; B60G11/26; B60G15/00