Patent ID: 11945535
Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. The leaning vehicle according to claim 5, wherein:
the at least one steerable wheel includes
a left steerable wheel that is positioned further leftward than a center of the vehicle body frame in a left-right direction of the vehicle body frame, and is rotatable around a left steerable axle, and
a right steerable wheel that is positioned further rightward than the center of the vehicle frame in the left-right direction of the vehicle body frame, and is rotatable around a right steerable axle;

the leaning vehicle further comprises a link mechanism including a plurality of link members that are displaceable relative to the vehicle body frame and supporting the left steerable wheel and the right steerable wheel,, the link mechanism being configured
to cause the leaning vehicle to lean in the vehicle-body-frame-leftward direction when the leaning vehicle is turning left by displacing the vehicle body frame and the plurality of link members relative to one another such that the left steerable axle is positioned higher than the right steerable axle in an up-down direction of the vehicle body frame, and
to cause the leaning vehicle to lean in the vehicle-body-frame-rightward direction when the leaning vehicle is turning right by displacing the vehicle body frame and the plurality of link members relative to one another such that the right steerable axle is positioned higher than the left steerable axle in the up-down direction of the vehicle body frame; and
the posture control actuator is configured to output the posture control power to displace the vehicle body frame and the plurality of link members relative to one another.