Steering device of vehicle

Abstract

Abstract PURPOSE:To eliminate the time lag of the response of the cornering force of rear wheels and the divergence of the tangent line of the locus of movement from the axial line of a vehicle and also to reduce the minimum rotational radius of a four weeler to a large extent by turning the rear wheels are well by means of a linking member. CONSTITUTION:A steering wheel 1 turns front wheels 4 through a turning means 5, while a turning means 9 for turning rear wheels 8 is connected with a steering shaft 2 by means of rotary shafts 12 and 13 and linking members 15 and 16. The linking member 15, being at a right angle to a shaft 12, is provided with a pinlike cam 15a, which is engaged slidably with a cam groove 16a provided in a straight line in the linking member 16. When the steering wheel 1 is rotated, the front wheels 4 are turned as usual and the rear wheels 8 are also turned through the action of linking members 15 and 16 in a fixed functional relation, thereby the operational response being improved and the minimum rotational radius being reduced.

Inventors

• 👤 Osamu Furukawa
• 👤 Shoichi Sano

Bibliographic Details