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VARIABLE WHEEL POSITIONING VEHICLE

  • US 20080073138A1
  • Filed: 09/04/2007
  • Published: 03/27/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A variable wheel positioning vehicle comprising:

  • a vehicle body with a center of gravity;

    a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted with respect to the vehicle body;

    a suspension device operatively arranged between the wheels and the vehicle body;

    a steering mechanism operatively coupled to the suspension device to change a direction of at least one of the wheels with respect to the vehicle body;

    a drive device operatively coupled to drive at least one of the wheels;

    a wheel position changing mechanism operatively coupled to the suspension device to move the suspension device along a movement path with respect to the vehicle body and to hold the suspension device at any position along the movement path; and

    a wheel position control device operatively coupled to the wheel position changing mechanism to issue a movement command to the wheel position changing mechanism that changes a wheel positioning distance between a center rotation axis of one of the wheels and the center of gravity of the vehicle body as measured in a direction parallel to an acceleration direction of the center of gravity of the vehicle body based on a traveling condition the vehicle.

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