US 12,448,070 B2
Tilting vehicle with at least three wheels, a safety device, and a method
Marco Moroni, Vacallo (CH); and Michelangelo Liguori, Vacallo (CH)
Assigned to QOODER S.A., Vacallo (CH)
Appl. No. 17/908,992
Filed by QOODER S.A., Vacallo (CH)
PCT Filed Mar. 3, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/051766
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/176368, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000004780 (IT), filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0100207 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B62H 1/10 (2006.01); B62J 17/086 (2020.01); B62K 5/027 (2013.01); B62K 5/05 (2013.01); B62K 5/08 (2006.01); B62K 5/00 (2013.01)
CPC B62H 1/10 (2013.01) [B62J 17/086 (2020.02); B62K 5/027 (2013.01); B62K 5/05 (2013.01); B62K 5/08 (2013.01); B62K 2005/001 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tilting vehicle comprising:
a vehicle frame;
at least three vehicle wheels including at least one right wheel and at least one left wheel set alongside one another;
an electronically controlled suspension system operatively connecting said at least one right wheel and said at least one left wheel to said vehicle frame; and
an electronic control system operatively connected to said suspension system,
wherein:
said suspension system comprises a first extensible assembly between said at least one right wheel and said vehicle frame, said first extensible assembly being configured to exert a first thrust action between said at least one right wheel and said vehicle frame to control tilting of the tilting vehicle;
said suspension system comprises a second extensible assembly between said at least one left wheel and said vehicle frame, said second extensible assembly being configured to exert a second thrust action between said at least one left wheel and said vehicle frame to control tilting of the tilting vehicle;
wherein the electronic control system is configured to command a change in a length of the first and second extensible assemblies to deliver at least one of the first and second thrust actions to control the tilting of the tilting vehicle;
the tilting vehicle comprises at least one actuation interface comprising at least one exposed surface operatively connected to the electronic control system, wherein said at least one actuation interface comprises at least one load cell; and
said at least one actuation interface is configured to be operated when needed by a driver of the tilting vehicle in order to control the tilting of the tilting vehicle upon command, including where the at least one actuation interface is configured to receive a command action imparted thereon by the driver;
said at least one load cell is configured to detect a pressure proportional to the extent of the command action configured to be imparted by the driver and is configured to transmit a signal containing information on the extent of the command action to the electronic control system so that the electronic control system processes information on the extent of the command action in order to determine and command a delivery of the first and/or second thrust actions by controlling the change in length of said first and/or second extensible assemblies of the suspension system.