Patent ID: 11952076
Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. SPA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle comprising:
a frame;
at least one rear driving wheel supported by the frame;
a tilting four-bar linkage comprising: a left rocker arm; a right rocker arm; a single front crosspiece, which extends in a left-right direction of the vehicle, centrally hinged to the frame, and having a left end hinged directly to the left rocker arm and a right end hinged directly to the right rocker arm; and a rear crosspiece, centrally hinged to the frame;
a left front steered wheel supported by the left rocker arm so as to rotate around a left steering axis; and
a right front steered wheel supported by the right rocker arm so as to rotate around a right steering axis;
a steering column, rotatably housed in a steering tube; wherein the steering tube is rigidly connected to the frame; and wherein the steering column is connected to a handlebar and, via a steering linkage, to the left front steered wheel and to the right front steered wheel; and
a left footboard supported by the rear crosspiece and the left rocker arm; and
a right footboard supported by the rear crosspiece and the right rocker arm.