Passive steering assembly for a guided vehicle
AssigneeIandiorio & Teska
InventorsROBIN HOSSFIELD, JOHN PUHLHORN, DAVID C. COLLINS, MARVIN FREDBURG
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Abstract
A passive steering assembly for a guided vehicle movable along a guideway includes a vehicle including at least one axle structure; a pivot joint at each end of the axle structure; a wheel mounting pivotably engaged with each pivot joint; a hub for rotatably mounting a wheel to each wheel mounting; a wheel connected to each hub for moving the vehicle; and a lateral guide device for controlling the lateral position of the axle structure for steering the wheels to follow the path of the guideway and to a passive steering system including a plurality of such assemblies.
Claims13
A passive steering assembly for a guided vehicle movable along a guideway, comprising:
- a vehicle including at least one axle structure;
- a pivot joint at each end of said axle structure;
- a wheel mounting pivotably engaged with each said pivot joint;
- a hub for rotatably mounting a wheel to each said wheel mounting;
- a wheel connected to each said hub for moving said vehicle;
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- a lateral guide device for controlling the lateral position of said axle structure for steering said wheels to follow the path of the guideway.
A passive steering system for a guided vehicle movable along a guideway comprising:
- a vehicle including two axle structures;
- a pivot joint at each end of each said axle structure;
- a wheel mounting pivotably engaged with each said pivot joint;
- a hub for rotatably mounting a wheel to each said wheel mounting;
- a wheel on each said wheel mounting for movably supporting said vehicle;
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- a lateral guide device for controlling the lateral position of said axle structures for steering said wheels to follow the path of the guideway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.