VEHICLE

WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/086405

A1

This vehicle (1) has: a link mechanism (5) having a link member (51); a steering force transmission mechanism (6); and a tilt actuator (40) that is capable of controlling the tilt angle of the vehicle (1) by imparting torque of an electric motor (91) to the link member (51). The tilt actuator (40) is fixed to a vehicle body frame (21) such that, at least when the vehicle is in an upright state, the lower end of the tilt actuator (40) is located at a position higher in the vertical direction than the upper end (32u) of a right steering front wheel (32) and the upper end (31u) of a left steering front wheel (31). The steering force transmission mechanism (6) has a tie rod (659), the lower end (659d) of which, at least when the vehicle is in an upright state, is located at a position higher in the vertical direction than the upper end (32u) of the right steering front wheel (32) and the upper end (31u) of the left steering front wheel (31), and at the same time, the upper end (659u) of which is located at a position lower in the vertical direction than the lower end (40d) of the tilt actuator (40).

HARA NOBUO (JP)
FUKUHARA YUKIHIDE (JP)
TOYOTA TAKESHI (JP)
NAGATA TATSUYA (JP)
KANEHARA SHUHEI (JP)

PCT/JP2016/084169

May 26, 2017

November 17, 2016

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YAMAHA MOTOR CO LTD (JP)

B62K5/10; B62K5/05; B62K25/08

WO2014065385A1	2014-05-01
WO2015115110A1	2015-08-06

JP2011524836A	2011-09-08
US8123240B2	2012-02-28
JP2017007550A	2017-01-12

SHIN-EI PATENT FIRM, P.C. (JP)

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