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US 12,358,579 B2Granted
Six-wheeled vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHirotaka Komura
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Abstract
To realize a six-wheeled vehicle that can move omni-directionally. A six-wheeled vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a main body; middle wheels arranged on the left and right sides of the main body; front wheels arranged in front of the middle wheels; rear wheels arranged behind the middle wheels; and a drive mechanism configured to cause each of the middle wheels to turn about a steering axle extending in a vertical direction and to each of the middle wheels to rotate about a vehicle axle.
Claims5
A six-wheeled vehicle, comprising:
- a main body;
- middle wheels arranged on left and right sides of the main body;
- front wheels arranged in front of the middle wheels;
- rear wheels arranged behind the middle wheels;
- a drive mechanism configured to cause each of the middle wheels to turn about a steering axle extending in a vertical direction and each of the middle wheels to rotate about a vehicle axle;
- a rocker shaft extending in a lateral direction;
- bogie links connected to the front wheels and the middle wheels, and supported by the main body to swing about the rocker shaft;
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- a suspension connecting the main body and each of the rear wheels, the suspension arranged away from the rocker shaft and the bogie links in a longitudinal direction, and configured to expand and contract in the vertical direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.