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Title:
VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH0587940
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

PURPOSE: To prevent possible change in property of following topography of a ground sensor when a vehicle advances and retracts, by moving the ground sensor so that a relative distance is kept constant between the ground sensor and a caster wheel.

CONSTITUTION: A caster 30 has a caster wheel 31 and a caster arm 32 supporting it and supported free to turn with respect to an arm 20 centered on vertical axis line thereof through a crank shaft 51 connected directly at the upper part of the caster arm 32. The caster wheel 31 is arranged with a ground point thereof offset by trail value (t) as for a spiral shaft of the caster 30. On the other hand, a crank shaft 51 is housed into a casing 20A formed at a free end of the arm 20 and a crank radius (r) of the crank shaft 51 is set equal to the trail value (t) of the wheel 31. Then, the ground sensor 40 is moved so that a relative distance is kept constant between the ground sensor 40 supported on the arm 20 and the wheel 31.


Inventors:
UMEMI YUICHI
Application Number:
JP25223491A
Publication Date:
April 09, 1993
Filing Date:
September 30, 1991
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SUZUKI MOTOR CO
International Classes:
B62K5/00; B60B33/00; B62K5/01; G01V3/00; G01V15/00; (IPC1-7): B60B33/00; B62K5/00; G01V3/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kimura Takahisa