Steering Assistance
AssigneeMcLaren Automotive Limited
InventorsLeonardo Pascali, Leonardo Altieri
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Abstract
A vehicle comprising: a body; a pair of wheels each rotatable about a respective rolling axis and each wheel having a centre of mass; and a pair of suspension mechanisms, each wheel being attached to the body of the vehicle by a respective suspension mechanism, the suspension mechanism providing the respective wheel with freedom to move relative to the body of the vehicle in steer about a respective steer axis, the steer axis being offset from the centre of mass of the wheel so that when a different amount of torque is applied to each wheel about the rolling axis the difference in torque causes a steering torque on each wheel about the steer axis of the wheel.
Claims14
A vehicle comprising:
- a body;
- a pair of wheels each rotatable about a respective rolling axis and each wheel having a centre of mass;
- a first power source coupled to a first of the pair of wheels and a second power source coupled to a second of the pair of wheels, the power sources being coupled to respective wheels to provide torque to that wheel about the respective rolling axis;
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- a pair of suspension mechanisms, each wheel being attached to the body of the vehicle by a respective suspension mechanism, the suspension mechanism providing the respective wheel with freedom to move relative to the body of the vehicle in steer about a respective steer axis, the steer axis being offset from the centre of mass of the wheel so that when a different amount of torque is applied to each wheel about the rolling axis the difference in torque causes a steering torque on each wheel about the steer axis of the wheel.
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