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VEHICLE BODY TILTING APPARATUS

  • US 20130193656A1
  • Filed: 10/12/2010
  • Published: 08/01/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle body tilting apparatus by comprising:

  • a right/left-wheels holding member having an elongated shape, and holding a right side wheel and a left side wheel of a vehicle which are disposed to be spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the vehicle such that each of the wheels is movable in a vertical direction; and

    a lean actuator disposed between said right/left-wheels holding member and a body of the vehicle, and configured to tilt at least the body of the vehicle in a lateral direction with respect to a normal line that is perpendicular to a road surface, by pivoting said right/left-wheels holding member and the body of the vehicle relative to each other,wherein an output shaft of said lean actuator is fixed to said right/left-wheels holding member, and the body of the vehicle is fixed to a main body of said lean actuator,wherein the left side wheel and the right side wheel are held by said right/left-wheels holding member through respective struts,wherein said right/left-wheels holding member has a shape that is curved as seen from a front side of the vehicle, said right/left-wheels holding member including engaged portions at which said right/left-wheels holding member is engaged with the struts for the left side wheel and the right side wheel, said right/left-wheels holding member including a fixed portion at which said right/left-wheels holding member is fixed to said output shaft of said lean actuator,and wherein right/left-wheels holding member is provided to take an attitude that causes said engaged portions to be positioned on an upper side of said fixed portion when said right/left-wheels holding member is in a neutral pivot position relative to the body of the vehicle.

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