Devices To Let A Tilting Vehicle Lean When Driving And To Keep It Standing When Stopped
First Claim
1. Tilting devices, particularly suitable for the tilting vehicles that are free to lean, that are also free to be steered at the front axle, and that leave on the ground at least three not aligned footprints, apt to let said tilting vehicles lean when driving and to keep them standing when stopped, and characterized in that, any change in the lean angle of said tilting vehicles brings about a biunique longitudinal differential movement of at least two footprints, said differential movement being significant in direction and magnitude so that the sideways fall of said vehicles, when they are parked perpendicular to the ground and crosswise a slope of at least 15%, can be prevented by means of the friction forces transmitted from the ground to said vehicles through said footprints, for instance where the vehicles'"'"' brakes, or the like, are operated.
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Tilting devices suitable to vehicles that are free to tilt and free to be steered, apt to let them lean when driving and to keep them standing when stopped only by means of their brakes (or the like) (61, 62), characterized in that, due to a suitable tilt axis inclination with reference to the ground and to a proper combination and proportion of parts, any lateral rotation of the tilting vehicle around its tilt axis (at) is kinematically linked to a differential longitudinal displacement (fdd) of at least two wheels (wh1, wh2) (or endless tracks, snow skis, ice skates, or the like), in a way that the tilting vehicle can effectively be kept standing when stopped and can be parked perpendicular to the ground and crosswise a slope of at least 15% by simply operating the vehicle'"'"'s brakes (or the like) (61, 62) and without further locking devices.
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- 1. Tilting devices, particularly suitable for the tilting vehicles that are free to lean, that are also free to be steered at the front axle, and that leave on the ground at least three not aligned footprints, apt to let said tilting vehicles lean when driving and to keep them standing when stopped, and characterized in that, any change in the lean angle of said tilting vehicles brings about a biunique longitudinal differential movement of at least two footprints, said differential movement being significant in direction and magnitude so that the sideways fall of said vehicles, when they are parked perpendicular to the ground and crosswise a slope of at least 15%, can be prevented by means of the friction forces transmitted from the ground to said vehicles through said footprints, for instance where the vehicles'"'"' brakes, or the like, are operated.
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