Tilting vehicle

Vehicle (1, 50) provided with

• at least three wheels (7, 7′, 13;
• 53, 54, 89),
• a frame comprising a first frame part (3, 51) and a second frame part (4, 52), the frame parts being adapted to tilt with respect to one another about a tilting axis which lies in the longitudinal direction,
• at least one front wheel (13, 89) which is connected to the first frame part (3, 51) and can tilt about a front-wheel steering axle (15, 81) which lies essentially parallel to the plane of the front wheel,
• a steering wheel (17, 72) which is rotatably connected to the first frame part (3, 51), via a steering axle (18, 71)
• tilting means (9, 9′;
• 55, 56) which are connected to the first and second frame parts (3, 51, 4, 52) for executing a tilting movement between the first and second frame parts, and
• a sensor (24;
• 63, 73, 76, 87) which is coupled to the front wheel (13, 89) and to the tilting means (9, 9′;
• 55, 56) for forming a control signal for driving the tilting means (9, 9′;
• 55, 56),
• wherein the steering axle (18, 71) can rotate with respect to the front-wheel steering axle (15,81);
• the sensor (24;
• 63, 73, 76, 87) determining the angle of rotation between the front-wheel steering axle (15, 81) and the steering axle (18, 71), and
• wherein the sensor comprises a rotary shaft (63) which can rotate about its longitudinal direction, which rotary shaft is connected, by means of a part (74) situated in the vicinity of the front wheel (89), to a first end (93) of a first arm (73) which lies transversely with respect to the rotary shaft (63), which first arm (73), at a second end (92), is pivotably connected to a swivel bracket (87) which is pivotably connected to the steering axle (71) and is also pivotably connected to a first end (91) of a second arm (76), which second arm (76) is pivotably connected, by means of its second end (90), to the front-wheel steering axle (81).

A vehicle comprising:

• at least three wheels;
• a frame comprising a first frame part and a second frame part the frame parts being adapted to tilt with respect to one another about a tilting axis which lies in the longitudinal direction;
• at least one front wheel which is connected to the first frame part and can tilt about a front-wheel steering axle which lies essentially parallel to a plane of the front wheel;
• a steering wheel which is rotatably connected to the first frame part via a steering axle;
• tilting means connected to the first and second frame parts for executing a tilting movement between the first and second frame parts;
• a sensor coupled to the front wheel and to the tilting means for forming a control signal for driving the tilting means, the steering axle being offset from the front wheel steering axle and being able to rotate with respect to the front wheel steering axle;
• and
• the sensor comprising a linking member pivotably connected to the steering axle and to the front wheel steering axle, a displacement of the linking member being determined by an angle of rotation between the front wheel steering axle and the steering axle and forming the control signal.