A train comprising a prime mover with two steerable front wheels and two or more rear non steerable wheels, and a semi-trailer with two or more steerable wheels towards the end of the semi trailer, where the rear of the prime mover is rotatably connected to the front of the semi-trailer, where the wheels of the semi-trailer are positively steered to ensure that slave reference point located at the rear of the semi-trailer is made to follow the path traced out by a master reference point located at or near the centre of the rear non-steerable wheels of the prime mover until one semi-trailer wheel angle hits a physical limit, whereafter the semi-trailer wheel angles are held constant until the path of the slave reference point once again coincides with the master path, whereafter all semi-trailer wheels are positively steered in order to keep the slave reference point on the master pat - - - ; - - - --- ------ -.r --- ------ -- ----- FK-S
Improved Articulated Vehicle
05.06.2025
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |