Steering arrangement for automotive vehicles

Claim 1

IN A MOTOR VEHICLE OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED, A VEHICLE SUPERSTRUCTURE, A VEHICLE FRAME FOR SUPPORTING SAID SUPERSTRUCTURE, A WHEEL AXLE, MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID FRAME ON SAID AXLE, A PAIR OF ROAD WHEELS SUPPORTED ON SAID AXLE AND ARRANGED OPPOSITE TO EACH OTHER ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE VEHICLE, MEANS FOR STEERABLY CONNECTING EACH SAID ROAD WHEEL WITH SAID AXLE SUCH THAT EACH OF SAID ROAD WHEELS MAY TURN ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS WITH RESPECT TO SAID AXLE, A PUSH BRACING RIGIDLY CONNECTED AT ONE END WITH SAID AXLE AND EXTENDING IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE VEHICLE, MEANS FOR FLEXIBLY CONNECTING THE OTHER END OF SAID PUSH BRACING TO SAID VEHICLE FRAME IN A FIRST VERTICAL TRANSVERSE PLANE OF THE VEHICLE FOR PIVOTING ABOUT A TRANSVERSE AXIS LYING IN SAID PLANE, A STEERING DEVICE ON SAID VEHICLE SUPERSTRUCTURE HAVING A STEERING GEAR ARRANGED IN A SECOND VERTICAL TRANSVERSE PLANE LOCATED AT A DISTANCE IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF SAID VEHICLE FROM SAID FIRST TRANSVERSE PLANE, A FIRST STEERING LEVER MOUNTED ON SAID STEERING GEAR, A SECOND STEERING LEVER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID VEHICLE FRAME FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS ARRANGED APPROXIMATELY IN SAID FIRST TRANSVERSE PLANE, A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING STEERING GEAR CONNECTING ROD, FIRST AND SECOND CONNECTIONS FOR CONNECTING SAID CONNECTING ROD, RESPECTIVELY, TO SAID FIRST STEERING LEVER AND TO SAID SECOND STEERING LEVER FOR TRANSFERRING MOVEMENTS OF ONE TO THE OTHER, A THIRD AND TURNABLE STEERING LEVER ARRANGED ON ONE OF SAID MEANS FOR STEERABLY CONNECTING SAID ROAD WHEELS WITH SAID AXLE FOR ROTARY MOVEMENT THEREWITH ABOUT SAID VERTICAL AXIS, A SECOND LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING STEERING GEAR CONNECTING ROD, THIRD AND FOURTH CONNECTIONS FOR FLEXIBLY CONNECTING SAID SECOND CONNECTING ROD, RESPECTIVELY, TO SAID SECOND STEERING LEVER AND TO SAID THIRD STEERING LEVER, SAID LAST-MENTIONED CONNECTING ROD EXTENDING GENERALLY IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE VEHICLE AND EXECUTING THROUGH SAID FLEXIBLE CONNECTION ESSENTIALLY THE SAME SWINGING MOTIONS AS THE PUSH BRACING WHEN THE AXLE EXPERIENCES UP-ANDDOWN MOVEMENT, AND A STEERING TIE ROD CONNECTING SAID TWO WHEELS, AND SAID SECOND AND FOURTH CONNECTIONS BEING ARRANGED AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME LEVEL WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRAME AND BELOW THE CENTERS OF SAID WHEELS AND SAID VEHICLE FRAME.