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Vehicle having two axially spaced relatively movable wheels

  • US 5,769,441 A
  • Filed: 09/19/1995
  • Issued: 06/23/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a parallel vehicle comprising:

  • a pair of wheel hubs;

    only two side-by-side wheels attached to the parallel vehicle, each rotatably mounted on a respective one of said wheel hubs such that said vehicle includes no wheels other than the two side-by-side wheels; and

    an assembly to which said only two side-by-side wheels are rotatably mounted, said assembly including;

    a chassis having two sides;

    means for connecting the hubs to the chassis such that said hubs are non-rotatable with respect to said chassis;

    a support structure positioned between the two sides of the chassis and below a center line connecting the wheels; and

    propulsion means depending from said support structure for causing rotation of the wheels relative to said hubs to propel said vehicle, the improvement wherein;

    said means for connecting the hubs to the chassis include first and second wheel position control means for changing a relative distance between respective ones of said wheels and the chassis by changing a distance between at least one of said hubs and said chassis during said rotation of said wheels.

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