The present steerable wheel assembly incorporates a lean-to-steer mechanism into an inner race of a roller bearing, while a wheel is mounted to an outer race of the roller bearing. A shaft extending from the mechanism is attached to a body, and the mechanism acts to steer the outer race and the wheel about a vertical steering axis when the shaft is tilted about a horizontal axis. The mechanism can be a pivot joint, providing a linear steering response, or can be a lean-to-steer mechanism that provides a non-linear response where the steering action is not proportionally responsive to tilting over the expected range of tilting.
STEERABLE WHEEL ASSEMBLY EMPLOYING LEAN-TO-STEER MECHANISM
LENKBARE RADANORDNUNG MIT LEAN-TO-STEER-MECHANISMUS
ENSEMBLE ROUE DIRECTRICE QUI UTILISE UN MÉCANISME À DIRECTION PAR INCLINAISON
2023-06-07
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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