A wheel unit 14 for a vehicle 10 includes a main housing 26 couplable to a chassis, where main housing 26 may have first and second control arms 74. A transmission housing 94 includes a body 98 having a first protrusion 110 extending from body 98 which may define a first cavity 118 receiving a portion of first control arm 78 if present, and may have a second protrusion 114 partially defining a second cavity 118 receiving a portion of second control arm 82 if present. A first pin 170 is insertable into first protrusion 110 of transmission housing 94 and may be received in first control arm 78 of main housing 26. A second pin 174 may be coupled between second protrusion 114 of transmission housing 94 and second control arm 82 of main housing 26. A steering axis 90 is defined by first pin 170, and also second pin 174 if present, with pins 170,174 defining a steering axis 90. Housing 94 may be pivotably coupled to main housing 26 about steering axis 90. Suitably, the transmission comprises bevel gears 38, 42.
Coupling between a steerable wheel and a housing in a vehicle wheel unit
2023-12-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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European Patent Office | 2023
|Coupling between a steerable wheel and a housing in a vehicle wheel unit
European Patent Office | 2023
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