US 12,214,842 B2
Vehicle
Takeshi Nakajima, Akashi (JP); Hiroshi Ishii, Akashi (JP); Taro Iwamoto, Akashi (JP); Kazuya Nagasaka, Akashi (JP); and Taichi Inaba, Akashi (JP)
Assigned to Kawasaki Motors, Ltd., Akashi (JP)
Appl. No. 17/757,978
Filed by Kawasaki Motors, Ltd., Akashi (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/045864
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/131704, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-236736 (JP), filed on Dec. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0027237 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B62K 5/10 (2013.01); B62K 5/027 (2013.01); B62K 5/05 (2013.01); B62K 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC B62K 5/10 (2013.01) [B62K 5/027 (2013.01); B62K 5/05 (2013.01); B62K 5/08 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle body;
a first front wheel positioned on a first side in a vehicle width direction;
a second front wheel positioned on a second side opposite to the first side in the vehicle width direction;
a steering rod that, in response to receiving a rotational steering force, pushes and pulls the first front wheel and the second front wheel in the vehicle width direction, to change an actual steering angle;
a suspension configured to connect a front wheel side to a vehicle body side and reduce vibration transmitted from a road surface to the vehicle body, the suspension being common for the first front wheel and the second front wheel to absorb the vibration transmitted from the road surface through the first front wheel and the second front wheel collectively;
a first steering part supported by the vehicle body and disposed on the vehicle body side with respect to the suspension and transmits the rotational steering force by a driver;
a second steering part supported by a part from an axle that moves vertically with the first and second front wheels and disposed on the front wheel side with respect to the suspension and transmits the rotational steering force to the steering rod; and
a deformation transmitter disposed separately from the suspension, transmits the rotational steering force from the first steering part to the second steering part, and maintains state of transmission of the rotational steering force by deforming in accordance with changes in relative positions of the first steering part and the second steering part.