| CPC B62B 5/0043 (2013.01) [B62B 3/102 (2013.01); B62B 5/085 (2013.01); B62B 7/086 (2013.01); B62B 2202/404 (2013.01); B62B 2202/42 (2013.01)] | 27 Claims |
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1. A vehicle, comprising:
a first vehicle component having a steering rod mounted both rotatably and pivotably via at least one joint,
whereby
a position of the steering rod is changeable independently of a movement of the first vehicle component, and
steering is carried out directly or indirectly by turning the steering rod;
a first wheel, a second wheel and a third wheel; and
a second vehicle component and a third vehicle component, which are positioned on left and right sides of a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, respectively,
the second vehicle component comprising a part to which the second wheel is attached, and the third vehicle component comprising a part to which the third wheel is attached, and
the second vehicle component and the third vehicle component being connected separately to the first vehicle component, wherein
the vehicle extends in a longitudinal direction from a rear end to a front end thereof;
the first wheel forms a front wheel of the vehicle and the second and third wheels form rear wheels of the vehicle, or the first wheel forms a rear wheel of the vehicle and the second and third wheels form front wheels of the vehicle;
at least one of the first wheel, the second wheel and the third wheel is steerable; and
the vehicle is configured to operate in two operating modes that are:
a first operating mode for a user to ride along the vehicle in a forward driving direction while the vehicle is in contact with the ground via the first wheel, the second wheel and the third wheel riding along, in which
at least one of the first wheel, the second wheel and the third wheel is driven at least for a period of time, and
at least one of the part of the second vehicle component to which the second wheel is attached and the part of the third vehicle component to which the third wheel is attached is movable, at least in part vertically, around a rotational axis relative to the first vehicle component, such that the vehicle is tiltable sideways, to thereby allow a straight-line drive is laterally on a slope in an inclined position, and
a second operating mode for the user to steer the vehicle by means of the steering rod while walking and while the vehicle is in contact with the ground via the first wheel, the second wheel and the third wheel, in which
the steering rod is more inclined towards the rear end of the vehicle than in the first operating mode, and is inclined opposite to the forward driving direction, and
the distance from an axis of the first wheel to axes of the second and third wheels in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is less than that in the first operating mode.
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