Three-wheeled vehicle
OwnerShigeki Miyamoriinventor
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Abstract
There is provided a three-wheeled vehicle that can maintain the ground contact surfaces of wheels and the road surface in contact with each other at all times, and that can suppress direct transmission of most of an impact from the road surface to a platform. First to third wheels are attached to a body frame that is rigid. The platform and the body frame are connected to each other by a connecting structure. First to third three degree of freedom non-restricted connecting mechanisms and first to third three degree of freedom restricted connecting mechanisms that form the connecting structure are deformed to allow the platform to make a bouncing motion, a rolling motion, a pitching motion, and a combined motion thereof within a restricted range when an impact is applied to the body frame from the road surface.
Claims13
A three-wheeled vehicle comprising:
- a body frame that is rigid and that has a first end and a second end;
- first and second wheels provided on both sides of the first end of the body frame and a third wheel provided at the second end of the body frame;
- a platform on which a driver rides;
- a power source configured to provide power to the first and second wheels or the third wheel;
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- a steering mechanism configured to steer the first and second wheels or the third wheel;
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- a connecting structure operable to connect the platform and the body frame to each other, and configured to allow the platform to make a bouncing motion, a rolling motion, a pitching motion, and a combined motion of such motions with respect to the body frame within a restricted range, but to restrict the other motions, in order to suppress transmission of an impact force, which has been transmitted from a road surface to the body frame, to the platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.