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Title:
VEHICLE WITH TILTABLE CRAWLER PROPULSION UNIT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH0392490
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

PURPOSE: To rapidly repair a trouble of a vehicle by a method wherein each of tiltable crawler propulsion units consists of a propulsion drive system and a tilt drive system and removably mounted on a vehicle body.

CONSTITUTION: This vehicle 1 has left and right propulsion units 3, and 104-106 tiltably mounted on its car body 2 through a universal coupling shaft 5 and an universal coupling 16, and has a battery 100, a central control means 102, and a tiltmeter mounted to be capapable of longitudinally running and pivotal brake turn on a toothed crawler 4. The crawler 4 is rotationally run under control of an electronic module 13 by a sprocket 6 and sprockets 8-10 around a swing arm 18 inclinably mounted on the universal coupling 5, and during running over an obstacle, the propulsion unit is lifted based on a signal from the tiltmeter. The propulsion units 3 and 104-106 are removably from the car body 2 and rapid repair of a trouble is practicable.


Inventors:
JIYORUJIYU KURAA
Application Number:
JP22501190A
Publication Date:
April 17, 1991
Filing Date:
August 27, 1990
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
FRAGEMA FRAMATOME & COGEMA
International Classes:
B25J5/00; B60K7/00; B60K17/32; B60K17/36; B62D55/065; B62D55/075; B62D55/084; B62D55/116; B62D57/024; (IPC1-7): B60K7/00; B62D55/065; B62D55/084; B62D55/116; B62D57/024
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshio Kawaguchi (4 outside)