Vehicle with a tiltable chassis
First Claim
1. Vehicle comprising a chassis, front wheels each having an axis of rotation, and a suspension assembly for connecting said front wheels to said chassis, said front wheels having variable track widths, said suspension assembly being adapted to allow said front wheels to move transverse to their axes of rotation, but in opposite directions to tilt said chassis, wherein said suspension assembly comprisesa wheel orientation defining rod coupled to at least a first of said front wheels;
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A vehicle having a chassis, front wheels each having an axis of rotation, and a suspension assembly for connecting the front wheels to the chassis. The suspension assembly is adapted to allow the front wheels to move transverse to their axes of rotation, but in opposite directions, in order to tilt the chassis. The suspension assembly includes a wheel orientation defining rod coupled to at least one of the front wheels, and a unit for pivotably coupling the wheel orientation defining rod to the chassis. The coupling unit ensures that a wheel orientation of the front wheel defined by the wheel orientation defining rod is essentially independent of movement of the front wheel transverse to the axis of rotation thereof.
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1. Vehicle comprising a chassis, front wheels each having an axis of rotation, and a suspension assembly for connecting said front wheels to said chassis, said front wheels having variable track widths, said suspension assembly being adapted to allow said front wheels to move transverse to their axes of rotation, but in opposite directions to tilt said chassis, wherein said suspension assembly comprises
a wheel orientation defining rod coupled to at least a first of said front wheels; - and
means for pivotably coupling said wheel orientation defining rod to said chassis, said coupling means ensuring that a wheel orientation of said first front wheel defined by said wheel orientation defining rod is essentially independent of movement of said first front wheel transverse to the axis of rotation thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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- 38. A vehicle comprising a chassis, a pair of wheels each having an axis of rotation, at least a third wheel having an axis of rotation, and a suspension assembly connecting said pair of wheels to said chassis, said suspension assembly comprising means for causing said pair of wheels to move toward and away from each other so as to have variable track widths and causing said pair of wheels to move transverse to their axes of rotation, but in opposite directions so as to tilt said chassis.
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