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Title:
SELF-CONTROLLING AND STEERING METHOD AND SELF- CONTROLLING AND STEERING DEVICE FOR TRAILER AND VEHICLE SUCH AS TRAILER THEREWITH
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2001001937
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To suppress the occurrence of pitching and yawing in performing traction for forward movement by switching a steering shaft of a trailer so that a caster angle may always become a plus caster relative to its bearing part based on the forward or rearward signal of a tractor, thereby performing self-controlling trailer steering.

This trailer steering device steers a trailer interlockingly in the steering direction of a tractor, whereas a caster angle switching mechanism 20 is formed which switches a steering shaft 5 of the trailer so that a caster angle may always become a plus caster relative to its bearing part 6 based on the forward or rearward signal of the tractor, between the steering shaft 5 of the trailer and the bearing part 6 thereof. The caster angle switching mechanism 20 is formed with an air chamber 14 driving a driving shaft so as to advance and retreat as a switching driving mechanism on a mounting member fixed integrally with the steering shaft 5 around the shaft of the steering shaft 5, and the front end of the operating shaft is connected to a connection part between a link and a connection link 32.


Inventors:
AKASHIO YASUNOBU
Application Number:
JP17046999A
Publication Date:
January 09, 2001
Filing Date:
June 17, 1999
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SOOSHIN KK
AKASHIO YASUNOBU
International Classes:
B60G17/015; B62D13/00; B62D53/00; (IPC1-7): B62D13/00; B60G17/015; B62D53/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takeshi Kikuchi (1 person outside)