Four-wheel-driven-and-steered vehicle with wheel gage adjusting means

• US 3,306,390 A
• Filed: 06/25/1963
• Issued: 02/28/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Georges Jamme Andre
• Original Assignee: Georges Jamme Andre
• Inventors: GEORGES JAMME ANDRE
• Application Number:
  US04/290,456
• Time in Patent Office: 1,344 Days
• US Class Current: 180/209
• CPC Class Codes: B60B 35/001 Axles of the portal type, i.e. axles designed for higher ground clearance
• CPC Class Codes: B60B 35/003 Steerable axles
• CPC Class Codes: B60B 35/1054 hydraulically
• CPC Class Codes: B60B 35/1072 by transversally movable elements
• CPC Class Codes: B60B 35/14 composite or split, e.g. half- axles; Couplings between axle parts or sections
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2300/40 Variable track or wheelbase vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2200/221 Tractors
• CPC Class Codes: B61F 7/00 Rail vehicles equipped for use on tracks of different width
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 49/0607 Straddle tractors, used for instance above vine stocks, rows of bushes, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 49/065 Coupling of multi-purpose tractors with equipment towing bars B60D; with load transfer B62D53/08; power take-off B60K; with lifting devices B62D49/02; pushing gear B62D49/04
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 49/0678 Tractors of variable track width or wheel base for vehicles in general B60B23/12 and B60B35/10
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 61/12 with variable number of ground engaging wheels, e.g. with some wheels arranged higher than others, or with retractable wheels for manoeuvring purposes only B60S
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/024 with laterally or vertically adjustable wheels or tracks for vehicles in general B60B35/10; B62D55/084

Claims

1. A VEHICLE COMPRISING A BODY, A PAIR OF MEMBERS MOUNTED IN SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BODY FOR SWIVELLING MOVEMENT ABOUT A COMMON HORIZONTAL AXIS, A PAIR OF RADIAL ARMS RESPECTIVELY MOUNTED ON THE TWO MEMBERS FOR ROTARY MOVEMENT ABOUT UPRIGHT AXES, GROUND-ENGAGING MEANS MOUNTED ON THE OUTER ENDS OF THE RESPECTIVE ARMS, MEANS CONNECTED TO THE RESPECTIVE ARMS FOR ADJUSTING THE POSITIOINS OF THE ARMS RELATIVE TO THE BODY ABOUT SAID UPRIGHT AXES, AND DIFFERENTIAL MEANS INTERCONNECTING THE MEMBERS SO THAT SWIVELLING MOVEMENT OF EITHER OF THE MEMBERS ABOUT SAID HORIZONTAL AXIS RELATIVE TO THE BODY CAUSES SWIVELLING OF THE OTHER MEMBER IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ABOUT SAID HORIZONTAL AXIS.