Title:
COMBINATION VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2022081989
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a vehicle structure in which a plurality of vehicles are connected.SOLUTION: A combination vehicle is equipped with first and second vehicles, first and second expansion links, first and second actuators and a specific link mechanism. Each of the first and second expansion links is configured to be expanded/contracted by the first and second actuators. One end of the first expansion link is connected to the first vehicle at a first connection point thereof, and the other end thereof is connected to the second vehicle at a second connection point thereof. One end of the second expansion link is connected to the first vehicle at a third connection point thereof, and the other end thereof is connected to the second vehicle at a fourth connection point thereof. The first expansion link and the second expansion link are arranged in parallel to each other. The specific link mechanism ties up the first expansion link and the second expansion link so that a figure having four points of a first connection point to a fourth connection point as apexes is formed in an isosceles trapezoid shape, regardless of a distance between the first connection point and the second connection point and a distance between the third connection point and the fourth connection point.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
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Inventors:
DEO TAKASHI
TAKAHATA TOMOYUKI
TAKAHATA TOMOYUKI
Application Number:
JP2020193270A
Publication Date:
June 01, 2022
Filing Date:
November 20, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
UNIV TOKYO
UNIV TOKYO
International Classes:
B62D12/02; B60D1/173; B62D7/04; B62D53/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kaiyu International Patent Office